Do Animals Have Souls?

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• Animals and the Soul
• Human Form of Life
• Thou Shalt Not Kill

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• Animals have no soul? (Books and Lectures)

• Animals have no soul? (Conversations)

• Since there is some consciousness in all bodies - whether man or animal - we can understand the presence of the soul

• The animals may be less intelligent, but that does not mean that there is no soul

• Sarva yoni means

• Krsna claims everyone as his son. Not only human society...sarva yonisu

• How do you know that animals have no souls? Animals and children are of the same nature. Does this mean that the children of human society also have no souls?

• What is the difference between animal and man? What are the symptoms of possessing the soul?

• What is your metaphysical study about the living animals that you say there is no soul?

• The living entity first accepts a body that is human in form, but gradually, due to his degraded activities, he falls into lower forms of life

• Evolution takes place in the lower species of life, nature's law. But when you come to the human form of life you have got your responsibility. Wherever you want, you can go

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Key texts and purports

• BG 2.13 -- transmigration of the soul to different material bodies

• BG 2.17 -- definition of soul

• BG 2.20 -- characteristics of the soul

• BG 5.18 -- qualifications of a paṇḍita, or one who is learned

• BG 5.29 –- devotee of the Lord is friend to all living entities

• BG 14.4 –- Kṛṣṇa says, "I am the seed-giving father of all living entities"

• BG 18.54 -- one who is transcendentally situated is equal to all living entities

• SB 3.25.21 –- symptoms of a sadhu

• SB 4.22.31 –- animals and the soul

• SB 6.10.9 – compassion as religious principle

• SB 6.16.43 -- Āryans equal to all living entities

• SB 7.14.9-- treat animals like own sons