RE -- Hinduism (Karma and Samsara)
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- Created on: 25-11-18 10:03
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- RE -- Hinduism (Karma, Samsara, reincarnation)
- Karma
- The Law of action and reaction
- There are many different types of rebirth in samsara
- Some Hindus believe that you can only ever improve (others disagree)
- Your rebirth is decided by karma
- if your actions are good you will get a good rebirth
- ISKON teaches that you only ever accrue karma as a human because you have free choice, in lower realms you burn off bad karma
- every action will have a result
- The Gita teaches that it is impossible to give up action, so instead you must do your dharma and renounce the fruit of your work
- Don't desire the outcome, do what you ought to do
- "an action ... done without love or hatred by one who does not desire any reward -- this action is called to be goodness"
- Don't desire the outcome, do what you ought to do
- The Gita teaches that it is impossible to give up action, so instead you must do your dharma and renounce the fruit of your work
- Samsara
- Otherwise known as the cycle
- We translate this as reincarnation
- The Atman remains the same but goes from body to body (transmigration)
- "The soul casts off its worn out body and enters a new one"
- The atman will continue to be reborn until they achieve perfection and are freed from this cycle (moksha)
- Does Karma mean that we are not free
- Hindus believe that we have free will
- Not everything is pre-determined, but we are also impacted by others and previous choices
- A particular feature of humans, animals do not have free will, they are driven only by instinct
- Karma
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