WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Imagine that a Hindu woman who is close to death believes that she will be reincarnated as a cockroach.What does this woman most likely believe?
A
The cockroach is the highest being
B
She did not live a very good life.
C
She should repent (confess) her sins before dying.
D
Many of her ancestors are now cockroaches.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Reincarnation is a key belief within Hinduism. 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 a person dies only once before moksha is achieved. Hindus worship as many as 330 million gods and goddesses. Karma is delivered by Hindu deities to reward good behavior and to punish bad behavior. Dharma has much in common with the Christian ethical principle of unconditional love.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hindu idea of reincarnation kept the caste system alive. Hindus believe when a person dies, he or she is reincarnated as another being, hopefully in a higher caste. The only way to move to a higher caste in the next life is to strictly obey the rules of one’s current caste.

Detailed explanation-4: -This article explains the Hindu concepts of Atman, Dharma, Varna, Karma, Samsara, Purushartha, Moksha, Brahman, Bhagavan and Ishvara.

Detailed explanation-5: -They follow the idea of reincarnation which means that the soul is indestructible and repeatedly takes on a physical body until moksha. Moksha is a term in Hinduism which refers to the various forms of liberation or release which occurs when the cycle of dying and rebirth ends.

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