Change of Bodies - Change of Bodies - ReincarnationReincarnation

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

TransmigrationTransmigration of Soulof Soul

There are 8.4 There are 8.4 million living million living

entitiesentities

MODERN CIVILIZATION

Cage Polishing

Civilization

The SoulThe Soul The soul can be The soul can be

experienced or experienced or perceived by the perceived by the presence of presence of consciousness.consciousness.

At the time of death, At the time of death, all physical and all physical and chemical components chemical components of the body remain in of the body remain in place but something place but something non-physical non-physical has been has been lost.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

dwindles Dies

stays Produces offspring

Qualities of the SoulQualities of the Soul ““For the soul there is neither birth nor death For the soul there is neither birth nor death

at any time. He has not come into being, at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” (BG 2.20)the body is slain.” (BG 2.20)

Qualities of the soulQualities of the soul

““The soul can never be cut The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, to pieces by any weapon, not burned by fire, nor not burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the withered by the wind. wind.

This individual soul is This individual soul is unbreakable and unbreakable and insoluble…and eternally insoluble…and eternally the same. The soul is the same. The soul is invisible, inconceivable and invisible, inconceivable and immutable.” (BG 2.23-25)immutable.” (BG 2.23-25)

väsäàsi jérëäni yathä vihäyanaväni 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 The connection between karma and reincarnationand reincarnation

Like Newton’s Third Law of Motion, the law of Like Newton’s Third Law of Motion, the law of Karma says that for every action, there is a Karma says that for every action, there is a reaction -- act good, get good facilities; act bad, reaction -- act good, get good facilities; act bad, get bad facilities.get bad facilities.

In In The RepublicThe Republic (617e), Plato paraphrased the (617e), Plato paraphrased the same principle: “God is blameless: man has same principle: “God is blameless: man has chosen his own fate, and this by his actions.”chosen his own fate, and this by his actions.”

The Biblical equivalent would be “As ye sow, so The Biblical equivalent would be “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.”shall ye reap.”

““You You are are

what what you eat”you eat”

BearBear

TreeTree

The Bhagavad GitaThe Bhagavad Gita ““As the embodied soul As the embodied soul

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

““One who has taken birth is One who has taken birth is sure to die, and after death sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth one is sure to take birth again…” (BG 2.27)again…” (BG 2.27)

Reincarnation & Other ReligionsReincarnation & Other Religions

ChristianityChristianity

Jesus ChristJesus Christ: story of the prophet Elijah: story of the prophet Elijah

OrigenOrigen: theologian and father of early : theologian and father of early ChristianityChristianity - Third century A.D. - Third century A.D.

Emperor JustinianEmperor Justinian: 553 A.D: 553 A.D

Reincarnation & Other Religions Reincarnation & Other Religions

KoranKoran ““And you were dead, and He brought you back And you were dead, and He brought you back

to life. And He shall cause you to die, and shall to life. And He shall cause you to die, and shall bring you back to life, and in the end shall gather bring you back to life, and in the end shall gather you unto Himself.”you unto Himself.”

JudaismJudaism In the Zohar, a principle book of the KabbalahIn the Zohar, a principle book of the Kabbalah

Famous Personalities on Famous Personalities on Reincarnation Reincarnation

Ben Franklin: Ben Franklin: ““Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall in some Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall in some

shape or other always exist.”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 placed here to transmigrate through various species of animals, birds, reptiles, etc.”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 I know I am deathless…We have thus far exhausted trillions of

winters and summers, There are trillions ahead, and trillions winters and summers, There are trillions ahead, and trillions ahead of them.”ahead of them.”

Famous Personalities on Famous Personalities on ReincarnationReincarnation

Socrates:Socrates: ““I am confident that there I am confident that there

truly is such a thing as living truly is such a thing as living again and the living spring again and the living spring from the dead.” from the dead.”

Plato:Plato: ““First, the fallen souls take birth in human forms, the First, the fallen souls take birth in human forms, the

highest of which is that of the philosopher, who highest of which is that of the philosopher, who strives for higher knowledge. If his knowledge strives for higher knowledge. If his knowledge becomes perfect, the philosopher can return to an becomes perfect, the philosopher can return to an eternal existence. But if he becomes hopelessly eternal existence. But if he becomes hopelessly entangled in material desires, he descends into the entangled in material desires, he descends into the animal species of life. After some time, the soul again animal species of life. After some time, the soul again attains the human form and another chance to achieve attains the human form and another chance to achieve liberation.”liberation.”