What is the Hindu concept of reincarnation?
The word reincarnation literally means the transmigration of souls. Hindus believe the soul is immortal, and when a person dies, his/her soul re-enters a new (as yet unborn) body. ” J ust as a person discards old and tattered clothes and puts on new ones, the soul casts off the w e ak body and enters a new one. ” (Gita: 2.22). This concept of transmigration of souls or life after death is intertwined with the Law of Karma. The Karma one acquires in this life will determine one’s future birth. What the individual is in this life is the result of his/her past life. 14. Can there be release from the continuous cycle of death and birth? Yes, there is a way out. One keeps returning to this world until all of one’s Karma are resolved. Human life offers the best opportunity to redeem a person through spiritual evolution. It may take more than one human birth to reach such a high level of spiritual maturity and perfection where the slate of Karma is totally clean. At that point, the soul is re
