WORLD RELIGIONS

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HINDUISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the endless cycle of death, birth, and rebirth called?
A
Pilgramage
B
Karma
C
Samsara
D
Dharma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Saṃsāra (Devanagari: ) is a Pali/Sanskrit word that means “world". It is also the concept of rebirth and “cyclicality of all life, matter, existence", a fundamental belief of most Indian religions. Popularly, it is the cycle of death and rebirth.

Detailed explanation-2: -samsara, (Sanskrit: “flowing around”) in Indian philosophy, the central conception of metempsychosis: the soul, finding itself awash in the “sea of samsara, ‘’ strives to find release (moksha) from the bonds of its own past deeds (karma), which form part of the general web of which samsara is made.

Detailed explanation-3: -This symbol represents the endless cycle of Samsara, (reincarnation). Rebirth might sound like a good thing but actually, Hindus believe that going around and around in the cycle of samsara is keeping humans souls (atman) trapped in the material world away from the sublime spiritual one . Meaning, ‘again in flesh’.

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