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Directives From the Guardian
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Pages 46-47
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125: MEDICAL SCIENCE (Leaving bodies to)
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"There is nothing in the Teachings against leaving our bodies
to Medical Science. The only thing we should stipulate is
that we do not wish to be cremated, as it is against Bahá'í
Law."
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"As many people make arrangements to leave their bodies
to Medical Science for investigation, he suggests that you
inquire, either through some lawyer friend or through some hospital,
how you could do this and then make the necessary provision
in your will, stipulating that you wish your body to be
of service to mankind in death, and that, being a Bahá'í, you
request that your remains not be cremated and not be taken
more than an hour's journey from the place you die."
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"The spirit has no more connection with the body after it
departs, but as the body was once the temple of the spirit, we
Bahá'ís are taught that it must be treated with respect."
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