On 10/12/2014 2:56 PM, Bhairitu [email protected] [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
I don't know if Billy, you hijacked the thread or not but
"reincarnation is for the ignorant" is a typical Indian belief. I
wasn't even aware of it until I saw a Nat Geo or Discover channel
documentary on funerals in different countries and they covered the
burning ghats in Varanasi which I've seen. They mentioned that people
come there to be cremated so they don't reincarnate but gurus aren't
allowed because they gurus to come back and keep teaching. Weird uh?
>
/You are not even making any sense - almost everyone in India believes
in reincarnation; it's one of the leading tenets of Hinduism and
Buddhism.//It's also one of the main tenets of Yoga - to liberate
oneself from the binding cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Not sure how
you were able to sneak into the burning ghats at Varanasi//- tourists
aren't usually allowed in there just to look around./
/According to Hindu traditions, the reasons for preferring to destroy
the corpse by fire, over burying it into ground, is to induce a feeling
of detachment into the freshly disembodied spirit, which will be helpful
to encourage it into passing to its next destination, lest it remain
near its former body.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation#Hinduism_and_other_Indian_origin_religions/
