January 19

Concerning cremation…as Bahá’u’lláh in the book of Aqdas directs the friends to bury their dead, he indirectly discourages cremation. Whether there is some basic reason for such a preference he does not say, but we may try and find it. 
- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated 14 January 1932 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; ‘The Light of Divine Guidance’, vol. 2)