Afterlife In Hinduism

As I explore the practices of afterlife in Hinduism, I will look at Karma, Samsara, and Moksha. Karma plays an important role in what devout Hindus follow and how they make their decisions. Samsara is a repeating cycle that continues in a person's life cycle and is affected by the decisions made during their lifetime. In this paper, I will argue that the most significant point of Hinduism is breaking the cycle of samsara to achieve moksha. In order to do this, I will explore the concepts of karma and samsara in relationship with moksha.
In order to establish moksha as the most significant piece, it is necessary to understand karma. Hindus believe karma creates balance in one's life. Karma can be understood as you have planted, so do you harvest relating karma with the works of a farmer. Karma explains that in life there is …show more content…
Moksha is reached though samsara which is often referred to as the wheel of rebirth or reincarnation. Although the person is rebirthed, this does not mean that they would be born again with every characteristic or personality trait they had in their previous life. Life for Hindus is seen as special, but more important than life is what happen in that lifetime and the struggle in order to reach moksha. The struggle of the attainment of knowledge over ignorance that binds oneself to samsara pushes the notion of moksha. Women portray the loyalty that most Hindus or outsiders see as taboo in order to reach moksha. Many have died in the respects of the sacred text and the strong conviction of belief they have in there religion. Some females die when the husband passes away. The body of the husband is thrown into a fire and the wife being devote to her religion does so also. This is called the Sati Practice. Women take pride on the purities and duties of an ideal wife following through their dharma or way of life signifying the major importance of