Change of Bodies - Reincarnation As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change. (BG 2.13)

The driver and the car are distinct

Transmigration of Soul There are 8.4 million living entities

MODERN CIVILIZATION Cage Polishing Civilization

The Soul The soul can be experienced or perceived by the presence of consciousness. The soul can be experienced or perceived by the presence of consciousness. At the time of death, all physical and chemical components of the body remain in place but something non-physical has been lost. At the time of death, all physical and chemical components of the body remain in place but something non-physical has been lost.

infinitesimally small Kesa agra sata bhagasya Satadha kalpitasyaca The size of the soul is 1/10,000 the size of the tip of hair.

Matter is formless, The Soul gives form to matter. Eg Shirt Matter is dead, spirit gives life to matter Eg. Car Matter undergoes tranformations Takes Birth Grows

dwindlesDies staysProduces offspring

Qualities of the Soul “For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever- existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” (BG 2.20) “For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever- existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” (BG 2.20)

Qualities of the soul “The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, not burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. “The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, not burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble…and eternally the same. The soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable.” (BG ) This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble…and eternally the same. The soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable.” (BG )

väsäàsi jérëäni yathä vihäya naväni gåhëäti naro ’paräëi tathä çaréräëi vihäya jérëäny anyäni saàyäti naväni dehé Bhagavad - gétä 2.22

“ As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.”

The connection between karma and reincarnation Like Newton’s Third Law of Motion, the law of Karma says that for every action, there is a reaction -- act good, get good facilities; act bad, get bad facilities. Like Newton’s Third Law of Motion, the law of Karma says that for every action, there is a reaction -- act good, get good facilities; act bad, get bad facilities. In The Republic (617e), Plato paraphrased the same principle: “God is blameless: man has chosen his own fate, and this by his actions.” In The Republic (617e), Plato paraphrased the same principle: “God is blameless: man has chosen his own fate, and this by his actions.” The Biblical equivalent would be “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” The Biblical equivalent would be “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.”

“You are what you eat”

Bear

Tree

The Bhagavad Gita “As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.” (BG 2.13) “As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.” (BG 2.13) “One who has taken birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again…” (BG 2.27) “One who has taken birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again…” (BG 2.27)

Reincarnation & Other Religions Christianity Christianity Jesus Christ: story of the prophet Elijah Jesus Christ: story of the prophet Elijah Origen: theologian and father of early Christianity - Third century A.D. Origen: theologian and father of early Christianity - Third century A.D. Emperor Justinian: 553 A.D Emperor Justinian: 553 A.D

Reincarnation & Other Religions Koran Koran “And you were dead, and He brought you back to life. And He shall cause you to die, and shall bring you back to life, and in the end shall gather you unto Himself.” “And you were dead, and He brought you back to life. And He shall cause you to die, and shall bring you back to life, and in the end shall gather you unto Himself.” Judaism Judaism In the Zohar, a principle book of the Kabbalah In the Zohar, a principle book of the Kabbalah

Famous Personalities on Reincarnation Ben Franklin: Ben Franklin: “Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall in some shape or other always exist.” “Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall in some shape or other always exist.” John Adams: John Adams: “Those souls who revolted against God were “Those souls who revolted against God were placed here to transmigrate through various species of animals, birds, reptiles, etc.” Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”: Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”: “I know I am deathless…We have thus far exhausted trillions of winters and summers, There are trillions ahead, and trillions ahead of them.” “I know I am deathless…We have thus far exhausted trillions of winters and summers, There are trillions ahead, and trillions ahead of them.”

Famous Personalities on Reincarnation Socrates: Socrates: “I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again and the living spring from the dead.” Plato: Plato: “First, the fallen souls take birth in human forms, the highest of which is that of the philosopher, who strives for higher knowledge. If his knowledge becomes perfect, the philosopher can return to an eternal existence. But if he becomes hopelessly entangled in material desires, he descends into the animal species of life. After some time, the soul again attains the human form and another chance to achieve liberation.” “First, the fallen souls take birth in human forms, the highest of which is that of the philosopher, who strives for higher knowledge. If his knowledge becomes perfect, the philosopher can return to an eternal existence. But if he becomes hopelessly entangled in material desires, he descends into the animal species of life. After some time, the soul again attains the human form and another chance to achieve liberation.”