Hindu Belief in Life After Death
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- Created on: 06-02-13 12:40
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- Hindu Belief in Life After Death
- Start date of Hinduism is unknown
- VEDAS - scripture revealed by God in 1200 BCE
- Did not contain clear notion of an afterlife
- UPANISHADS - scripture compiled in 600 BCE
- Human soul exists forever.
- Soul undergoes reincarnation after death
- This cycle is called Samsara
- Cycle continues until one reaches liberation - "Moksha". One attains eternal bliss with Brahman. Profound insight into immortality - "amrta"
- Various Hindu traditions differ
- Identification with Brahman, supreme being
- Soul experiences joyous, devotional relation with Brahman
- Various Hindu traditions differ
- Cycle continues until one reaches liberation - "Moksha". One attains eternal bliss with Brahman. Profound insight into immortality - "amrta"
- This cycle is called Samsara
- Soul undergoes reincarnation after death
- "Karma" - reward or punishment. One's form of existence is determined by good or bad actions in previous life
- Human soul exists forever.
- PURANAS - compiled in 500 CE
- Possibly a Christian influence
- Heaven & Hell, but temporary existence there
- Once Karma is exhausted, soul moves to another existence
- According to some texts, the soul that is free from samsara will cross a river, Viraj, and enters paradise.
- A place filled with light.
- Holy books offer no theories about how long it takes before a soul is incarnated
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