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5 Possible things that can determine your fate

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5 Possible things that can determine your fate

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1. Previous Deeds
2. State of Mind
3. Time of Death
4. Activities of Children
5. Grace of God

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Souls take either the path of the sun or the path of the moon

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Suicide would be used as a way for people to liberate themselves from their body

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Suicide would be used as a way for people to liberate themselves from their body

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death = not
scary bc its not permanent

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can be reincarnated after death, a very common occurrence  

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can be reincarnated after death, a very common occurrence  

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until reincarnation

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Dying in battle takes you to the heaven of warriors

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Dying in battle takes you to the heaven of warriors

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The person's deeds throughout his life will determine his placement in afterlife/ next life

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Suicide used to be a part of the traditions in ancient India based on the ideas of reincarnation.

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was considered a good option to get rid of "past karmas" at the end of a prolonged self purification process

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was considered a good option to get rid of "past karmas" at the end of a prolonged self purification process

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whatever you are thinking about when you die is what type of "heaven" you will end up in

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whatever you are thinking about when you die is what type of "heaven" you will end up in

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The first historic emperor of India, Chandragupta Maurya, went to a cave to waste away and achieve liberation from the body he inhabited

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Place where you rest before reincarnation depends upon what you were thinking before death, what kind of person you were, and which god you worshiped.

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Place where you rest before reincarnation depends upon what you were thinking before death, what kind of person you were, and which god you worshiped.

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Is reincarnated based of his thoughts at the time of death, previous deeds and grace of god

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Reincarnation depends upon your thoughts and actions

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Reincarnation depends upon your thoughts and actions

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Your soul is your Jiva and stays with you throughout all your lives unlike the physical body

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If you don't get funeral rights it prolongs the reincarnation process

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If you don't get funeral rights it prolongs the reincarnation process

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Varying heavens for varying deeds in life

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Varying heavens for varying deeds in life

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One is the path of the sun, also known as the bright path or the path of gods and the other is the path of the moon, also known as the dark path and the path of ancestors

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Sun : soul doesn't return
Moon: soul returns

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special afterlife location for people who commit suicide

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special afterlife location for people who commit suicide

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soul is continually reborn until you reach a level of purity (dharma)

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Reincarnation places a soul in a new body

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Reincarnation places a soul in a new body

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It was not uncommon for the wives of warriors committing ritual suicide when their husbands died in the wars

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It was not uncommon for the wives of warriors committing ritual suicide when their husbands died in the wars

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The Gods can interfere with your fate and circumstances of death if they feel you have a specific fate

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God/Deities can choose where you go based off of devotion in life

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God/Deities can choose where you go based off of devotion in life

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worlds including that of Brahma are subject to rebirth, but on reaching Him there is no birth.

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can't remember past lives

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Dying when thinking about family gets you reincarnated in that same family

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Dying when thinking about family gets you reincarnated in that same family

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reincarnation was a later development to the vedas

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reincarnation was a later development to the vedas

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We cannot have likes and dislikes, preferences, prejudices and attachment and yet expect ourselves be liberated

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The children have to do traditional burial rights, or it might delay their trip into the afterlife

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Suicide is something that should be addressed by elders of the society.

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was more casual/common than in most cultures, some people doing it bc they fail a test or stuff 

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was more casual/common than in most cultures, some people doing it bc they fail a test or stuff 

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The taboo our society has on suicide isn't present in their society. This is due to their belief in many lives and death not being permanent. There are even situations where suicide seems to be an act of Dharma and is the right thing to do.

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If someone reaches the Sun path it means they've won the grace of Brahman and they do not have to be reincarnated. The people in the moon path are reincarnated to try again in another life.

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the purpose of after life is neither to punish nor reward the souls, but to remind them of the true purpose of their existence

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the purpose of after life is neither to punish nor reward the souls, but to remind them of the true purpose of their existence

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1. very young children are buried
2. Highly enlightened leaders are buried in tombed
3. sent out into the Ganges

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each of the trinity gods has one of their own worlds--which is full of their followers after death

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each of the trinity gods has one of their own worlds--which is full of their followers after death

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If Rites and proceedings are not followed within a day or two of death, it'll take longer for them to be reincarnated.

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If Rites and proceedings are not followed within a day or two of death, it'll take longer for them to be reincarnated.

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Fire
Earth
Water
Air
Ether

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after death devoted souls would go and live in the company of their chosen deities and other pure souls

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A soul doesn't necessarily have to stay in the world that it died in. The point of the journey during after life is to learn important lessons for their next journeys on earth.

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Head faces towards Ganesh, and feet pointed towards Yama.

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Head faces towards Ganesh, and feet pointed towards Yama.

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a soul can exist in many places

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believed in the existence of two worlds apart from ours, the world of ancestors and that of gods.

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It should not matter to soul whether it has gone to a heaven or to some 🤬, because the soul is eternally pure and not subject to pain and suffering.

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Whatever residual memory and sense of identity the jiva carried after death is either exhausted in the other planes along with its previous karma or further compressed beyond recognition before the jiva incarnates again

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Whatever residual memory and sense of identity the jiva carried after death is either exhausted in the other planes along with its previous karma or further compressed beyond recognition before the jiva incarnates again

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Has the ability to learn and grow even in the afterlife to approach closer to moksha

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Has the ability to learn and grow even in the afterlife to approach closer to moksha

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essentially solution to the problem of death isn't heaven, but instead it is liberation

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-gods represented the life forces and renewal of life
-demons represented the forces of death and destruction

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A jiva which goes to heaven, will enjoy the pleasures of heaven and in the end realizes that seeking heavenly pleasures is not the ultimate goal since however intense these pleasures may be, they would not last long. A soul which falls into the darker world gets a taste of the horror of the evil it tried to promote on earth, with a multiplier effect and with an intensity and severity that would make it realize the horrors of evil

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Ash is spread to send the five elements back to their proper place

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Ash is spread to send the five elements back to their proper place

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indralok= resting place of pure souls (heaven)
pitralok= world of ancestores
yamalok= hell ruled by yama

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In Hinduism, unless a soul is liberated, neither life nor after life are permanent. They are both part of a grand illusion.

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In Hinduism, unless a soul is liberated, neither life nor after life are permanent. They are both part of a grand illusion.

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Body is given a bath in their home from life, then carried by family to cremating grounds

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Body is given a bath in their home from life, then carried by family to cremating grounds