Talk:Causes of Rebirth
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The Hindu tradition gives numerous reasons as to why we are reborn[1][2][3].
- A man is born into the world that is made by him. Yajurveda, Mādhyandina Shatapatha Brahmana 6.2.2.27'
- One should meditate upon the Brahman who is Reality. The human being indeed possesses the power of great understanding and purpose. Depending on how complete his understanding is when he departs from this world upon death, he will be reborn into an appropriate world (existence) in his next life. Yajurveda, Mādhyandina Shatapatha Brahmana 10.6.3.1
- According to its karma, the embodied soul chooses various bodies repeatedly. Yajurveda, Shvetāshvatara Upanishad 5.11b
- The embodied soul, according to its qualities, chooses many shapes (bodies) – subtle and gross and causes its union with different bodies depending on the nature of its karma and the nature of its mind. Yajurveda, Shvetāshvatara Upanishad 5.12
- He who entertains desires, thinking of them, is born again here and there due to his desires. But he whose desires are fully satisfied, who is a perfected soul, all his desires vanish right here on earth (and he is not reborn). Atharvaveda, Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.2
- Panchashikhā said to King Janaka: Some people say that servitude to defects like ignorance (avidyā), actions (karma), thirst for desires (triṣhṇā), greed (lobha), and delusion (moha) is what results in rebirth. Mahābhārata 12.218.32
- They say that ignorance is like the field, actions performed in the previous births are the seed, and desire is like water which collectively causes the germination of the sprout. These three are, in their viewpoint the causes of rebirth. Mahābhārata 12.218.33
References[edit]
- ↑ Sadhu Aksharajivanadas. Hum Pehachaanein. Vol. 6, Swaminarayan Aksharapith, 2010, Ahmedabad (India), pp. 20-22.
- ↑ Sadhu Mukundcharandas. Karma and Reincarnation in Hinduism. 3rd Revised Edition, Swaminarayan Aksharapith, 2016, Ahmedabad (India), pp. 66-67.
- ↑ Poddar, Hanumandas, Chimmanlal Goswami, and M. A. Shastri. Bhakti Anka. Kalyana, 32nd year’s special issue, Gita Press, 1968, Gorakhpur, pp. 473-475.