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    Hinduism believes in the cycle of reincarnation, known as samsara, where the soul is reborn into another body after death. This cycle is driven by the Hindu concept of karma, where one's actions in a current lifetime will determine the circumstances of one's next rebirth. The goal in Hinduism is to achieve moksha, or liberation, from this cycle through living according to dharma and building up good karma to eventually escape the cycle of samsara.

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    Hinduism believes in the cycle of reincarnation, known as samsara, where the soul is reborn into another body after death. This cycle is driven by the Hindu concept of karma, where one's actions in a current lifetime will determine the circumstances of one's next rebirth. The goal in Hinduism is to achieve moksha, or liberation, from this cycle through living according to dharma and building up good karma to eventually escape the cycle of samsara.

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    Hinduism believes in the cycle of reincarnation, known as samsara, where the soul is reborn into another body after death. This cycle is driven by the Hindu concept of karma, where one's actions in a current lifetime will determine the circumstances of one's next rebirth. The goal in Hinduism is to achieve moksha, or liberation, from this cycle through living according to dharma and building up good karma to eventually escape the cycle of samsara.

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    Hinduism - The Cycle of Life:

    Reincarnation, Karma and Samsara

    Learning Objectives
    To consider Hindu beliefs about life after death.
    To reflect on the concept of reincarnation.
    Key words

    Karma
    Key Word Definitions
    The belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to
    earth in another body or form.

    The principle that people are rewarded or punished in one


    incarnation according to their deeds in the previous incarnation.

    The endless series of births, deaths, and rebirths to which all


    beings are subject.

    The World Soul, from which all individual souls derive, and to
    which they return as the supreme goal of existence.
    Starter
    What do you think happens when we die?

    Write few sentences or start a mind map using


    illustrations and words. This can be extended
    throughout the lesson.
    Reincarnation - What’s the big idea?

    Hindus believe that each


    human has an (soul)
    which passes through a long
    cycle of existence occupying
    different bodies and
    experiencing repeated
    births, deaths and rebirths.

    This transmigration
    of the soul is known
    as
    What’s the big idea?

    ‘As a man casts off his worn-out clothes and takes on other
    new ones, so does the embodied soul cast off his worn-out
    bodies and enters other new.’ Bhagavad Gita 2:22
    Reincarnation - Infinity

    Infinity means endless, in


    Hinduism. This symbol
    represents the endless cycle
    of Samsara, (reincarnation).
    The Hindu Cycle of Life aka Samsara
    Reincarnation Re’ means ‘again’
    ‘in’ means ‘in’ (!)
    ‘carn’ means ‘flesh’
    Meaning, ‘again in flesh’.

    Rebirth might sound like a good thing


    but actually, Hindus believe that
    going around and around in the cycle
    of samsara is keeping humans souls
    (atman) trapped in the material world
    away from the sublime spiritual one .
    THE MATERIAL
    WORLD

    Okay! So what’s
    keeping us trapped?
    Karma Karma means action
    Refers to the law of cause
    and effect i.e. actions and
    their consequences…

    Hindus believe this is a


    law of the universe just
    like the law of gravity.
    Karma The law: Every single
    action has an affect on
    something else.
    Karma decides where
    you come back and
    what you come back as.

    If your actions are good you will


    get a good rebirth into pleasant
    circumstances; if they are bad you
    will get a bad one…
    Karma

    Dung Beetle

    In a lifetime people build up


    karma, both good and bad, based
    on their actions within that
    lifetime. This karma affects their
    future lives and existences…
    Karma

    There are lots of different


    types of rebirth in .
    You can come back as a human
    or a pig; as a god or a ghost; in
    Some Hindus believe heaven or in hell.
    you can even come
    back as a flower!
    Moksha is …

    Liberation – from samsara: the


    cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
    Moksha is …

    Salvation – of the soul which is rescued from the


    material world and delivered into the spiritual.
    Moksha is …
    The Goal – of Hindus
    is to eventually
    achieve moksha.

    Though many accept this might not happen for their next
    carnation they aim to build up positive karma in the hope
    of a good rebirth that might be a little closer to moksha.
    In a nut shell

    IS THE CYCLE OF LIFE.

    REINCARNATION IS A RESULT OF PREVIOUS

    KARMA RELATES TO ACTIONS AND THEIR


    CONSEQUENCES.

    IS LIBERATION FROM SAMSARA.


    Exercise 1

    Draw a diagram to
    illustrate the idea of
    reincarnation.
    Exercise 2 Answer these questions
    What would be the worst thing
    you could be reborn as and why?

    How do you think a belief that they will live


    again affects Hindu’s attitudes and actions?

    What about the belief that they have lived before? How
    would this affect the way Hindus viewed the good things
    and bad things that happened to them in life?

    If you thought that this life was only one of many, do you
    think it would make life less important or more important?
    Why?
    Plenary
    In quiet before we leave, I want you to reflect in silence
    about how you conduct yourselves.

    If karma is real what sought of karma are you building up?

    What can you change?

    Focus on the candles I am about to light or simply sit with


    your thoughts.

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