WORLD RELIGIONS

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HINDUISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Hinduism, what determines how a person is reborn?
A
dharma
B
karma
C
moksha
D
nirvana
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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). In reincarnation, the spirit or soul survives death and is reborn into a new body, human or nonhuman.

Detailed explanation-2: -Karma refers to the totality of our actions and their concomitant reactions in this and previous lives, all of which determine our future. The conquest of karma lies in intelligent action and dispassionate reaction. Not all karmas rebound immediately. Some accumulate and return unexpectedly in this or other lifetimes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Transmigration is influenced by a being’s past karma (Pali: kamma). The root cause of rebirth, states Buddhism, is the abiding of consciousness in ignorance (Sanskrit: avidya; Pali: avijja) about the nature of reality, and when this ignorance is uprooted, rebirth ceases.

Detailed explanation-4: -Karma and samsara Samsara is the cycle of birth, death and rebirth that Buddhists aim to escape from. Rebirth brings the soul into another life of suffering . Increasing positive karma can mean a favourable rebirth in samsara, and it might even mean the person moves a step closer to enlightenment and nirvana .

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