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| ]) repeatedly takes on a physical body through being born on Earth.]] | |||
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| '''Reincarnation''' is a core belief within ''']'''. In most Indian philosophical traditions, including the ], ], ] and ] systems, an ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is assumed as a fact of nature. | |||
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| These systems differ widely, however, in the terminology with which they describe the process and in the metaphysics they use in interpreting it. Within Hinduism, it is ], or ignorance, of one's true self, that leads to ego-consciousness of the body and the phenomenal world. This grounds one in desire and the perpetual chain of ] and ]. | |||
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| In ] the concept of reincarnation is recorded in detail within the ]s (c. 800 BCE), which are philosophical and religious texts composed in ]. The notion of reincarnation is most notably present in the {{IAST|]}} Upanishad 5.11 and {{IAST|]}} Upanishad 1.2. According to Professor Joanna Jurewicz of Warsaw University, reincarnation theory is also found in the ], which generally considered the oldest Hindu scripture.<ref>Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism'', 2nd edn, Routledge, London, 2006, page xi</ref> | |||
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| A follower of one school may believe that both types of salvation are possible, but will simply have a personal preference to experience one or the other. Thus, it is said, the followers of Dvaita wish to "taste sugar," while the followers of Advaita wish to "become sugar."<ref>Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Translation by Swami Nikhilananda (8th Ed. 1992) ISBN 0-911206-01-9</ref> | |||
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