Do animals have souls? For example, cows, pigs and dogs, especially feel that dogs will understand some human nature.

Animals have souls. It has been said since ancient times that human beings have souls, so animals should also have souls.

From the perspective of Buddhism, we can infer which animal is conscious by the method of origin.

For example, if a dog can see what can be observed with his eyes (eye dust), it will produce (eye knowledge) in the world of eye knowledge just like people. The sum of eye root, eye dust and eye knowledge is equal to "eyes", and after the processing of "meaning root", it forms "shape, size and vision" in the mental world. No matter whether the person who comes over is the owner or other people, acquaintances or strangers, adults or children, people or dogs, then the dog will produce various feelings (ideas) according to the judgment, and then the dog's heart (ideas) will command the body (intentions) to make various reactions and actions (body, mind and mouth) suitable for the dog to please the owner, warn strangers and play with children.

The soul is actually illusory, and it is actually the information transmission between synapses of brain nerve cells (neurons). Soul is actually the activity of specific nerve cells in the brain. What we are talking about today is the activities of consciousness, spirit and psychology. It is the result of brain physiological activities and the product of physical and chemical reactions. In other words, the existence of the brain determines that you are a soul, and the difference is only the strength of the soul. The development of animals is much behind that of humans, and the structure of a single brain is similar. They have their own consciousness and thinking (for example, the landlord said that dogs wag their tails when they see people, or they will avoid this phenomenon when they see cars on the road). Some people may say that this is a natural reaction of the body and instinct. If animals only rely on instinct without the control of thinking in their brains, they will only be walking dead, and there will not be so many humanized performances, so animals must also have souls.