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SANNYASA DHARMA
no death at all, in reality, being simply a translation to the Abode of Gods, the pure Perfect Souls in nirvāna,
The pandita death leads to the highest heavens, where the saint enjoys great felicity and pleasure for very very long periods of time, whence descending he is reborn, in due course, in auspicious and desirable surroundings amongst men. Here he soon finds himself surrounded by all sorts of felicities and facilities and inducements for the acquisition and practising of the Right Faith.
The bala-pandita death leads to lower heavens, where, also the felicity is great. The bala-pandita soul also is reborn amongst men on the termination of the heavenly incarnation. The bāla death leads to a human birth, and may even lead to heaven in favourable circumstances.
The bala-bala death always leads to undesirable conditions, except where tapascharana (asceticism) is practised under the influence of a faith which, though not of the right sort, enjoins its practising, in which case the individual will reach lower heavens, and will subsequently, in ordinary cases, be reborn amongst men under inauspicious circumstances. In the worst cases, the bala-bala death is the source of the most undesirable conditions and surroundings. The soul is sure to descend into hells, which may be for a very very long term of life, in the very worst cases. Those who die in the bala-bala mode generally descend into the animal kingdom, and may be reborn amongst minerals and
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