Cycle of Birth & Death |Reincarnation|Liberation from this Cycle by Swami Mukundanand
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Full Text 1 one of the most important decisions related to belief that we make in our life is whether to believe in the concept of rebirth or not to believe it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=0 2 This becomes a game changer in regard to values, for example, if there is no next life, then this life is all there is, we are created upon birth and we cease to exist upon death, in that case there are not deep consequences of our actions. This leads to a materialistic viewpoint eat, drink and be merry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=16 3 The indian materialistic philosopher Charwak stated “Verse” this life is only for four days, whatever gives you happiness, do it, if you get happiness from ghee clarified butter, beg, borrow or steal but drink that butter, don't worry about the hereafter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=50 4 The Naya Darshan says “verse” this one point differentiates the believer from the non-believer. The believer is who, the astik (आस्तिक) is who ? one who believes there is an afterlife because that person's value system will be different, he will feel that whatever I do, has consequences, let me ensure my actions are pure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=83 5 On the other hand, one who says there is no hereafter will say you can get away with whatever you do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=122 6 so what is the basis of belief in rebirth ? Can it be scientifically established ? Astonishingly the Bhagavad-Gita gives us the most powerful logic for the establishment. Your body is continuously changing in this life itself from birth to childhood to youth to old age. Take a look at your family album, there's a two-year baby you say that is me, then there is a ten-year-old, you say that is me, there is a young adult getting married that is me, there is a middle-aged person that is also me now which is you amongst all these ? if you were the body, you have changed so many times, the soul has changed so many bodies in one lifetime itself, scientists estimate that within seven years all the cells in the body they die out & new cells get generated in their place which means that within seven years we've got a completely new body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=134 7 Shri Krishna says in the same way at the time of death as well just as it did during life, the soul changes bodies, the enlightened soul is not bewildered by such a change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=238 8 Again the Bhagavad-Gita says that in the morning we get up, we take off our old clothes and after bath we put on a new set of clothes, we don't change but we change our clothes, similarly what we call the phenomenon of death is not the end of the existence of the soul, it is the soul changing its clothes which is the body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=257 9 This also explains why there is so much of a difference between different children right from the point of birth, they have been child prodigies like Mozart was a genius composer, creating music at the age of four, how did this come about ? The phenomenon of rebirth explains it was his activities in the past life which impelled him to possess that musical propensity in this life, similarly the concept of rebirth also explains why some are more unfortunate than the others. Right from birth, if a child is born blind and that child asks what did I do to be born blind, what will you answer that child, if you say it was the will of God, that will not be believed because God is kind, compassionate, He is the loving father, why will He want anybody to be born bind ? The only logical answer to this is that it is due to actions in the past life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=308 10 Without accepting the concept of past life, all creation then becomes illogical. The moment we bring this concept into our framework of knowledge there becomes a logic and a purpose behind all creation which is the gradual evolution of the soul towards the ultimate perfection of God realization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=401 11 The Nyaya Darshan gives another proof of the existence of God, it says that a little baby, how can it come to know how to suck milk from the mother's breast ? the baby is too small to understand lectures and tutorials, how can the mother explain to it that my child when I put my breast in your mouth, this is how you are to drink the Nyaya Darshan says the child has drunk the mother's milk in innumerable lifetimes in the past even in the animal species and that is why when the mother puts her breast in the child's mouth, the child having those recollections of the past immediately starts drinking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=432 12 There is another piece of evidence proposed by the Nyaya Darshan for the existence of rebirth. It states that take a look at a little baby, without reason that baby sometimes becomes fearful, sometimes becomes joyous, sometimes becomes morose (bad-tempered) and miserable, why the fluctuation of moods in a little baby, the Nyay Darshan is saying that it is remembering things from its past life, how does that work ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=493 13 you see the process of death is such that a whole lot of impressions in our memory bank are wiped out by the pain of death and then the pain of rebirth is even more than the pain of death for the baby. A whole lot of more impressions are wiped out and yet a few residual memories do remain with that little baby they are causing the baby to become joyous, miserable, fearful but then as the baby tends to grow up the impressions of this life fall so strongly upon the child that they erase the impressions of the past life completely. Beta, my child, I am your mother, yes mommy, I am your father, yes baba, now the new impressions are falling strongly nevertheless many times children have the experience of déjà vu (already seen) what is déjà vu ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=540 14 I've seen this before, this concept of deja vu is widely accepted, that whatever is going on, the memories are there in the subconscious, they are coming out, a person is unable to perceive why a situation is seeming familiar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=613 15 when I was growing up, when I was an eight-year-old there was a little girl in our neighborhood, she was about five years and her mother was a friend of my mother, her mother would tell my mother that my child sits and reads the namaz born in the Hindu household at the age of five without any exposure to Muhammadan customs, she sits in that vajrasana and placing her hands like this reads the namaz, she would say, I do not encourage her, I don't wish her to remember too much one year later I asked my mother and she said her friend has told her that the daughter has now forgotten the same (doing namaz). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=634 16 There have been innumerable instances of people remembering their past lives all around the world in all cultures, now these are all exceptions to the rule, the rule is that we forget but as an exception a few people remember, thereby giving us yet another reason to believe that world and life are not irrational and illogical - whatever we do stays with us, we have the opportunity to build our destiny and grow to the highest perfection from lifetime to lifetime, and that is why we should be optimistic, we should be cheerful, keeping our faith in this concept of rebirth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMbbrOR1qw&t=687 Transcript 0:00 one of the most important 0:03 decisions related to belief 0:06 that we make in our life 0:09 is whether to believe in the concept of 0:12 rebirth 0:13 or not to believe it. 0:16 This becomes a game changer 0:19 in regard to values, 0:22 for example, if there is 0:25 no next life, 0:27 then this life is all there is, 0:30 we are created upon birth and we cease 0:34 to exist upon death, 0:36 in that case 0:38 there are not 0:39 deep consequences 0:41 of our actions. 0:43 This leads to a materialistic viewpoint 0:47 eat, drink and be merry. 0:50 The indian materialistic philosopher 0:52 Charwak stated “Verse” 1:04 this life is only for four days, 1:07 whatever gives you happiness, do it, 1:10 if you get happiness from ghee clarified 1:13 butter, 1:14 beg, borrow or steal but drink that 1:17 butter, don't worry about the hereafter. 1:23 The Naya Darshan says “verse” 1:30 this one point differentiates the 1:33 believer from the non-believer. 1:37 The believer is who 1:39 the astik (आस्तिक) is who ? 1:42 one who believes there is an afterlife 1:46 because that person's value system 1:49 will be different, 1:51 he will feel that 1:53 whatever I do, has consequences, 1:57 let me ensure my actions are pure. 2:02 On the other hand, 2:04 one who says there is no hereafter 2:08 will say you can get away 2:11 with whatever you do, 2:14 so 2:17 what is the basis 2:19 of belief in rebirth ? 2:22 Can it be scientifically established ? 2:26 Astonishingly the Bhagavad-Gita gives us 2:30 the most powerful logic 2:32 for the establishment. 2:50 Your body is continuously changing in 2:54 this life itself 2:57 from 2:58 birth to childhood to youth to old age. 3:04 Take a look at your family album, 3:08 there's a two-year baby you say that is 3:11 me, 3:12 then there is a ten-year-old, you say 3:15 that is me, 3:16 there is a young adult getting married 3:19 that is me, 3:20 there is a middle-aged person that is 3:22 also me 3:24 now which is you amongst all these ? if 3:27 you were the body, you have changed so 3:30 many times, 3:32 the soul 3:33 has changed so many bodies 3:36 in one lifetime itself, 3:39 scientists estimate that within seven 3:43 years all the cells in the body 3:47 they die out & new cells get generated in 3:50 their place 3:52 which means that within seven years 3:55 we've got a completely new body. 3:58 Shri Krishna says in the same way at the 4:02 time of death as well 4:05 just as it did during life, 4:07 the soul changes bodies, 4:11 the enlightened soul is not bewildered 4:15 by such a change. 4:17 Again the Bhagavad-Gita says that 4:39 in the morning we get up, we take off our 4:42 old clothes and after bath we put on a 4:45 new set of clothes, 4:47 we don't change but 4:49 we change our clothes, 4:52 similarly what we call the phenomenon of 4:55 death 4:57 is not the end of the existence of the 4:59 soul, 5:00 it is the soul changing its clothes 5:04 which is 5:05 the body. 5:08 This also explains 5:11 why there is so much of a difference 5:14 between different children right from 5:17 the point of birth, 5:20 they have been 5:21 child prodigies like Mozart 5:24 was a genius 5:26 composer, creating music at the age of four, 5:31 how did this come about ? 5:33 the phenomenon of rebirth explains 5:37 it was his activities in the past life 5:41 which impelled him to possess that 5:45 musical propensity in this life, 5:49 similarly the concept of rebirth also 5:53 explains 5:55 why 5:56 some are more unfortunate than the 5:59 others. 6:00 Right from birth, 6:03 if a child is born blind 6:06 and that child asks 6:09 what did I do to be born blind, 6:13 what will you answer that child, 6:15 if you say it was the will of God, 6:18 that will not be believed because God is 6:22 kind, compassionate, 6:24 He is the loving father, 6:26 why will He want anybody to be born 6:29 bind ? 6:31 The only logical answer to this 6:35 is that it is due to actions in the past 6:39 life. 6:41 Without accepting the concept of past 6:45 Life, 6:46 all creation then becomes illogical. 6:50 The moment we bring this concept into 6:53 our framework of knowledge 6:56 there becomes a logic and a purpose 6:59 behind all creation which is the gradual 7:03 evolution of the soul 7:06 towards the ultimate perfection of God 7:09 realization, 7:12 The Nyaya Darshan gives another proof of 7:16 the existence of God, 7:18 it says that 7:23 a little baby, 7:25 how can it come to know 7:28 how 7:29 to suck milk from the mother's breast ? 7:33 the baby is too small to understand 7:36 lectures and tutorials, 7:38 how can the mother explain to it that my 7:41 child when I put my breast in your mouth, 7:43 this is how you are to drink 7:46 the Nyaya Darshan says the child has drunk the 7:50 mother's milk in innumerable lifetimes 7:54 in the past even in the animal species 7:58 and that is why 7:59 when the mother puts her breast in the 8:02 child's mouth, 8:04 the child 8:05 having those recollections of the past 8:09 immediately starts drinking. 8:13 There is another piece of evidence 8:15 proposed by the Nyaya Darshan 8:18 for the existence of rebirth. 8:21 It states that 8:28 take a look at a little baby, 8:32 without reason that baby sometimes 8:34 becomes fearful, 8:36 sometimes becomes 8:38 joyous, sometimes 8:41 becomes morose (bad-tempered) and miserable, 8:44 why the fluctuation of moods in a little 8:48 baby, 8:50 the Nyay Darshan is saying that 8:52 it is remembering things from its past 8:55 life, 8:58 how does that work ? 9:00 you see 9:01 the process of death is such 9:04 that 9:05 a whole lot of impressions in our memory 9:09 bank are wiped out by the pain of death 9:14 and then 9:15 the pain of rebirth is even more than 9:18 the pain of death for the baby. 9:21 A whole lot of more impressions are 9:24 wiped out 9:25 and yet 9:26 a few residual memories do remain with 9:30 that little baby 9:32 they are causing the baby to become 9:35 joyous, miserable, fearful 9:39 but then as the baby tends to grow up 9:42 the impressions of this life fall so 9:45 strongly upon the child 9:47 that they erase the impressions of the 9:50 past life completely. 9:53 Beta, my child, 9:55 I am your mother, yes mommy, 9:58 I am your father, yes baba, 10:01 now the new impressions are falling 10:03 strongly 10:05 nevertheless many times children have 10:08 the experience of déjà vu (already seen) 10:10 what is déjà vu ? 10:13 i've seen this before, 10:15 this concept of deja vu is widely 10:18 accepted, 10:21 that whatever is going on, 10:23 the memories are there in the 10:25 subconscious, they are coming out, a 10:29 person is unable to perceive why a 10:31 situation is seeming familiar 10:34 when I was growing up, when I was an 10:37 eight-year-old 10:38 there was a little girl in our 10:40 neighborhood, she was about five years 10:44 and her mother was a friend of my mother, 10:47 her mother would tell my mother 10:50 that my child sits and reads the namaz 10:55 born in the Hindu household at the age 10:57 of five without any exposure 11:01 to Muhammadan customs, 11:03 she sits in that vajrasana and placing 11:07 her hands like this reads the namaz, 11:10 she would say, I do not encourage her, I 11:13 don't wish her to remember too much 11:17 one year later I asked my mother 11:20 and she said 11:21 her friend has told her that the 11:24 daughter has now forgotten the same (doing namaz). 11:27 There have been innumerable instances 11:30 of 11:31 people remembering their past lives 11:35 all around the world in all cultures, now 11:38 these are all exceptions to the rule, 11:41 the rule is that we forget but as an 11:44 exception a few people remember, 11:48 thereby giving us 11:50 yet another reason to believe 11:53 that world and life are not irrational 11:58 and illogical - whatever we do 12:01 stays with us, 12:03 we have the opportunity to build our 12:06 destiny and grow to the highest 12:08 perfection 12:10 from lifetime to lifetime, 12:13 and that is why we should be optimistic, 12:17 we should be cheerful, 12:19 keeping our faith 12:22 in this concept of rebirth Standby link (in case youtube link does not work) Cycle of Birth & Death Reincarnation Liberation from this Cycle Explained by Swami Mukundananda.mp4