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After the biological death of one, the soul takes birth again in a new bodily form.

rebirth or reincarnation is a religious or philosophical concept which states that one's soul or spirit cannot die. After the biological death of one, the soul takes birth again in a new bodily form. This is the central tenet of Sanatan Dharma.

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Does rebirth or reincarnation occur in Hinduism?

How is the concept of rebirth or reincarnation handled in Hinduism? Does it occur? Will everyone be reborn? Are people always reborn as people?
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How to ensure one doesn't get to born as animal or plant?

Getting a human birth should be quite rare as the number of organisms in non-human yonis are much much high than human yoni. How should one ensure that one doesn't fall in animal or plant yoni in his next birth. (As not everyone can get Moksha)
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Rebirth Pertaining to Religion

I'm curious to know if throughout my rebirths I have stayed the same religion, race, etc. or if I was of a different classification? I wonder this because Hinduism is an all-embracing religion and so it is not necessary for one to be Hindu to be…
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Do people have same preferences and liking towards everything in this world or are they wiped like a clean slate after reincarnation?

I have no doubt that whether reincarnation occurs and also that rarely people have any memory of their past life, but I have a serious concern. I have a great liking of music that too specially for Indian classical genre. So when I am reborn in this…
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Is human birth reincarnation?

Conventionally I understand that people think that when a human is born it is the product of the parents, partly true, but is some part of it also reincarnation of some other self?
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What is the explanation for Yajur Veda 19.37?

Yajur Veda 19.37 Cleanse me the Fathers who enjoy Soma! Grandfathers make me clean! May Great-grandfathers cleanse me with a sieve that brings a century. May my Grandfathers cleanse me, may my Great-grand-fathers make me clean. With sieve that…
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Is it possible to reincarnate as a Upadeva?

There are ten types of Upadevas: Vidyadhara, Apsara, Yaksha, Rakshasa, Gandharva, Kinnara, Pisaca, Guhyaka, Siddha and Bhuta. Is it possible to reincarnate as a Upadeva? Or, a human being can only be reincarnated as an embodied creature.
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How does reincarnation work?

How does Hinduism explains reincarnation? How would it explain the growth in human population? Even if we consider that those humans could have been some other animals in previous life then are we saying that total number of life forms…
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What are the factors that determine the next birth? Between karma and last thoughts before death, which one is more relevant?

What are the factors that determine the next birth? Between karma and last thoughts before death, which one is more relevant? King Bharat was so worried about his pet deer that he was re-born as a deer. This is confusing. Why King Bharat's…
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Why is rebirth considered as a curse?

Why do the scriptures consider enlightenment as the state when one is not born into the mortal coil once again? While the mortal form does endure a lot of sufferings, being able to live and breathe is in itself a great blessing.
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Why was Vardhamana the last Tirthankara recorded in history?

Why has there been no Tirthankara such as Mahavira to have been born since? Is one expected? How do we know if we have or have not entered a period when a 25th, or a 1st new Tirthankara is or has been born, or walks amongst us? thank you
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What is the relationship of Krishna avatar to Jainism?

Do Jain believe Krsna (Vishnu) will become the next and final Thirtankara? Does that mean Kalki avatar is a Thirtankara?
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Reincarnation , hell, heaven & moksha etc. please give quotation according to either Vedas or other imp. books in Hinduism

If Hinduism believes in cycle of reincarnation,then when will the person go to heaven(swarga loka)or hell( naraka ),and how and what is moksha?
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Can physical injuries of past life be transferred to the new life?

If someone dies due to physical injuries, will his injury be transferred to the new body (after reincarnation)? And can one remember his past life without doing meditation or sadhana?
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From where concept of saath janm came?

Which scriptures mention about 7 births. If everyone has 7 births and then gets Moksha, then what is the necessity of believing in God
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