Reincarnation In Hinduism

With approximately 851 million members, Hinduism is the third largest religion observed in the world ("Top Ten Organized Religions of the World"). Founded by no single known person, Hinduism was introduced in India by the Aryan people around 1500 BC. Modern Hinduism revolves around the belief of Karma, actions in your current life, both mentally and physically, determine your future life after death. In conjunction with karma, reincarnation is the act of your soul leaving your corpse and taking life in a different species or human. If one has bad karma, one will be reincarnated into something miserable because of wrong doings in a previous life. It is believed that only your physical body dies but your soul and spirit continue to another life,
Ash, Vibhuti, is applied to the forehead of a deceased man and turmeric is applied to the forehead of a woman. Rubbing ash on the foreheads of the dead is a religious symbol, failure to adorn this symbol can cause a spirit to under-develop after departure. An array of flowers should be placed around the neck and holy basil should be carefully placed in the casket ("Hindu Funeral Traditions"). Family and friends of the departed will gather around the casket and pray. It's Hindu rule that the body must not be touched by anyone other than a sacred person. Once the wake is over, a family member will place rice balls, pinda, near the caskets. Like most funerals, the body exits feet first and enters the cremation chamber feet first. Embalming is generally forbidden due to the use of chemicals to preserve the body and it's inability to free the soul to the afterlife. Often when a traditional funeral occurs, it's to notify the soul that they have died. It has been noted that sometimes the soul becomes disoriented and still sees a material world around him/her much like the one they lived in before death and believe they are still alive. The soul will often attend his/her own funeral to clarify themselves of their own passing and understand that they're now on the other side of
According to Hinduism, the persons current life is only one of many to be experienced. These lives go on past birth and after death. The quality of these lives determines a person's future destiny. After the physical death of the body has occurred, the soul of the corpse is to be reincarnated. Depending on the Karma you received in past lives, you will be recreated into something as beautiful as a bird or as miserable as a poor beggar. The main concept of karma is what you do to others will eventually come back to haunt you or ameliorate your living standards in a future