Question 3
Child : Could you tell me some more about reincarnation in
Hinduism?
Mother : Yes my child. The word reincarnation literally
means coming again into physical body. According to our
scriptures, a soul passes into a body at birth and migrates
into another body at death. The change of the bodies is
just like putting a new garment and discarding it when it is
worn out. The kind of body the soul enters into at death
determined by one's actions (karma) in present life. A
person's karma determines in what form he will reappear. He
may come back in a higher (human) or lower (animal) life
form. Good karma in the present life leads to a better next
life and bad karma in the present life leads to a worst next
life. This cycle of rebirth continues until one achieves
liberation from worldly bondage (moksha). At the liberated
stage a soul becomes godly and reincarnation stops.