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Re: Soul after death and before next birth

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vijayalu • February 23, 2003 


Dear All,

Soul leaving body after death? inner meaning of the final rites for 13 days
?
My humble view , whether we do the rites or not , the Soul is at the
disposal of Shreeman Narayana according to its karmas.

If you do the ceremonies & shraaddham with shraddha  then you are performing
a good karma.,for the benefit of the departed soul.  That benefit will
definitely accrue to that soul. You are helping yourself and the departed.
For this purpose the mantras are used. Manthra is nothing but good thoughts
with Divine feelings transformed into words. If the jeeva faces any
obstacles, then these mantras with Divine's grace can overcome them and the
Jeeva will be benefited by that. Even while a person is living we pray for
his/ her welfare. These rites can be considered equivalent to that also. It
seems Sanyasin perform their own Shraardham before taking sanyasam. There
are all kinds options available.

Regarding transmigration of soul after death, it is said in Kathoupanishad
that some souls enter womb to have body , others become plant, just
according to their work and knowledge.

Possibly we would have known this story- Raja Bharat was a great King ,and
with tapas, he became a "Rajarishi". He was attached to a deer. Then he was
born as deer. But it seems because of his earlier sadhana , he remembered
the knowledge he had gained in his previous life though he was in deer's
body now. Next , he was born as a Brahmin, a realized person. The jeeva
keeps evolving up and down, just as we see ups and downs during our
lifetime. . But finally it has to evolve to the Higher State of reaching
Vaikuntam.

Vedas are the only proof. I don't know which Veda etc.  We should believe in
them. But some people say " I have faith , but I have questions also". That
means he does not have total faith.

The bottom line is  " what we sow we reap".

I would like to know more from learned members.
E & O E
REGARDS
V K  Vijayaraghavan


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