Diversity Q & A
What happens to people after they die?
Seanjeaven
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Once a Hindu dies, what happens is we get reincarnated because Hinduism has the concept of reincarnation and karma. Reincarnation is when the soul passes on from this body into another being. It could be a human being, it could be an animal, a plant or an insect. The reason that our soul gets reincarnated back to earth is because we have accumulated karma. Karma is sort of like negative energy that is built up over the years of doing not so good deeds or not being the best that we can be. And it would require a number of rebirths for us to clear of all karma that has been accumulated in each reincarnation that takes place and eventually when the soul has cleared itself of all karma, it does not get reincarnated. It attains moksha. Moksha is where we move on to the next world and no longer come back to earth. That is the final stage of death.