Talk:Cause of Rebirth:To Continue Spiritual Progress
The fourth cause of Rebirth is to complete one’s spiritual progress, that was not completed in one’s previous life. For example, in the case of Yoga-bhrashtas, or Yogis who fell from the path of Yoga in their previous life is reborn to resume their spiritual journey from where they had left it.
Arjuna said: Krishna, he who cannot control himself even though he has faith, whose mind has wandered away from Yoga, failing to attain perfection in yoga, which way does he go? Gita 6.37
Might be armed, is he not lost like a rent cloud, having fallen from both worlds, without any firm support, confused on the path that leads to Brahman? Gita 3.38'
Krishna, you should quell this doubt of mine completely, because there is none other than you who can destroy this doubt. Gita 6.39
Krishna said: Pārtha, my dear friend, neither in this life nor hereafter is there destruction for him. No one who does good begets misfortune. Gita 6.40 Attaining the worlds of the meritorious, having dwelt there for very many years, he who has fallen from yoga is then reborn in the house of such as are pure and prosperous. Gita 6.41 Or that person may be reborn in the family of wise yogis. Such a birth is indeed very difficult to attain in this world. Gita 6.42 Joy of the Kurus, there he regains the intellect that he had developed in his former body. And then with this as the starting point, he strives onward once again toward perfection. Gita 6.43 Due to his prior practice, he is carried on irresistibly. Indeed, he who wishes to know of yoga then transcends the sound Brahman. Gita 6.44 Through persevering efforts and a controlled mind, the yogi, completely cleansed of all evil, and perfecting himself through many lives, then reaches the supreme goal. Gita 6.45