WORLD RELIGIONS

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HINDUISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is the individual, personal soul that collects karma and is subject to reincarnation.
A
dharma
B
karma
C
moksha
D
jiva
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -jiva, (Sanskrit: “living substance”) in Indian philosophy and religion, and particularly in Jainism and Hinduism, a living sentient substance akin to an individual soul.

Detailed explanation-2: -Karma is attached to the idea of reincarnation. There is an ongoing cycle of birth and death, conditioned by karma, linking an individual to past and future existences (Kolenda 1964; Wadia 1965).

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