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Doctrine of Reincarnation explained
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The truth behind Doctrine ofReincarnation
In our physical body thereexist a causal body called“Jiva”
Jiva transmigrates from one body to another body
based on their Karmic [performed deeds] reactions.
This transmigration is called reincarnation.
Whatever good or bad actions we (jiva) perform while living in the present / past body get stored in the subtlest form
This subtlest form is called “vasanas”
The type/quality of physical body we getto live this life is decided
on the basis of vasanas.
Accordingly the type / quality of life of Jiva
is based on action performed by him.
in present life
and past life.
Action(Karma) performed by Jiva
Sanchit
Prarabdha
and Agami .
can be of three types
These three type of Karmas
of very good example of Rice Farming.
can be explained by way
All those good and bad past actions
performed by Jiva’s in past many life
are called sanchit karmas.
and which has not yet fructified
After Rice Cultivation
when the Rice are ready for harvesting.
We harvest it. Clean it. And store it in granary.
The Rice stored in granary can be compared with sanchit karmas .
Small portion of sanchit karmas
which have ripened
and are ready to be experienceda by Jiva
are called prarabdha karmas.
Small portion of that stored rice that has been removed from storage,
husked, and readied
for cooking and eating
can be compared with prarabdhaKarmas.
Our that actions
which we are performing in present
and which are yet to become sanchit karmas
are called agami karmas.
Rice which are
being planted in the field
to produce a future crop
Can be compared with Agami Karmas
Prarabdha karmas can be divided into three types
fixed,
fixed-unfixed,
and unfixed.
Fixed karmas are those
which are intense
and are non changeable
and we have to experience it
despite our all effort to avoid them.
Fixed karmas situation-
We must have
experienced such a
situation in life
when even after hard work
we were unable to succeed.
Fixed – unfixed karmas are those
which are less intense
and are changeable
by way of intense effort.
was achieved by intense effort.
Fixed-unfixed karmas situation-
We must have
faced situation in life
when big success
are those which
by way of small effort.
Unfixed karmas
can be easily altered.
Unfixed karmas Situation-
Many a times
We must have faced
a situation in life
where big success was achieved
Can we now safely assume
that in fixed and unfixed karmas situation
we should
sit idle
and should not
put any effort.
The law of karma
does not preaches
idlenessThe law says we should perform
all our actions
putting 100% effort
with honesty and
hard work
Karmas.
because result of our actionwill be decided on the basis of
fixedfixed-unfixed
and unfixed
It’s a blessing of God, that we do not have the power to know
which karmas
are fixed
fixed-unfixed
and unfixed
If god would have given this power to us then we would have acted intensly only in case offixed-unfixed karmas
and in other situation we would have been idle.
making of vasanas.
Same actions again and again leads
to making of tendencies
tendencies in turn leads to
These vasanas forms a basis
for deciding new lifefor jiva
and decides the type of body he will get
and quality of life he will lead.
Buddha constantly made references to his previous births
There was no great thinker in past who had not,
nor any in the present who has not accepted,expressly or tacitly, these logical conclusions about Doctrine of Reincarnation
regarded the doctrine as perfectlyself - evident
Virgil and Ovid
European poets
Josephus observed that the belief in reincarnation was widely accepted among the Jews of his age
virtues of past lives”
Solomon’s Book of Wisdom says:
“To be born in
sound body
with sound limbs
is a reward of the
and who does not remember
Why then should I fear to die?
the famous saying of the learned son of islam who declared
“I died out of stone and I become a plant
I died out of plant and becomean animal;
I died out of the animal and became a man.
When did I grow less by dying
I shall die out of man and shall become an angel!!”
Christ Himself has, if not directly, at least indirectly,proclaimed the Doctrine of Reincarnation when He told His disciples
“ John, The Baptist, was Elijah”
then we have to agreeIf we do not agree to Doctrine of Reincarnation
The worldly matters operates in very haphazard way
and no one is there to control it
In case we do not agree to theexistence of Doctrine ofReincarnation
then we have to conclude:
“If there exist a God, then he is very cruel
as those persons whose actions are good in this birth
are suffering
and those engaged in bad actions
are enjoying life”
getsall material
Do we have answer to a situation
enjoyment of life.
Where corrupt people
dreaded incurable disease
Those faithful one
Whose life is
full of
good deeds
are suffering from
Those littleoneswhose deeds are
still to be
recognised as
good or bad
are suffering.
The Doctrine of Reincarnation
All these situations in life
are explained onlyby
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Subject source -1) The Holy Geeta (by Swami Chinmayananda) 2) Tatwabodha