WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hinduism believes in ____ which is the process of birth, life, death, and rebirth.
A
Karma
B
Reincarnation
C
heaven
D
the afterlife
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Hinduism, all life goes through birth, life, death, and rebirth and this is known as the cycle of samsara .

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four stages of life, mainly for the men of the household are (1) sisya, or brahmacarya, (2) Grihastha, (3) vanaprastha, and (4) samnyasa. These categories complement each other, and link with the samskara system, giving a framework for the lives of an orthodox Hindu.

Detailed explanation-4: -If you believe in reincarnation, you believe that after death a person’s soul is reborn in another body. Certain religions hold this belief as a central tenet, including Hinduism and Buddhism. The noun reincarnation comes from the Latin roots re, meaning again, and incarnare, meaning to make flesh.

Detailed explanation-5: -Samsara is the continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth. In order to escape this cycle one must realize everything is one, everything is Brahman. In other words, one’s individual soul is the same as the universal soul. When this is accomplished it is called moksa and marks the end of the samsaric cycle of rebirth.

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