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The Science of Reincarnation,
The Toll of Karma
Our cells also have a certain age beyond which they are not capable of functioning. Even planets, mountains, and the sea have age. If you watch a stone for years and years you will find for sure various chemical and physical changes caused by many environmental factors. If you leave a car for several days, the battery might not function and the car may not start. The battery has thus life. Thus this process of change is reincarnation or new birth. In otherwords, any difference in shape of matter from the previous state is reincarnation. Among various changes relative to time, the most distinct change is of the matter Atma. Atma, when it changes from one body to another body, is mostly referred to as reincarnation
According to Jain scripts, the life cycle operates only when Ayukarma particles are active. During a life time we enjoy or suffer due to the Karmic particles accumulated previously. When the Karmic particles for a specific body are availed for a particular life, then Atma has to leave the present body and transit to a new body. Before death, the life form has already been assigned a particular time span of life for next birth. This commitment is due to the Karmic particles unless the cycle of birth and death is broken during the present life by any means. The present life continues as long as Ayukarma pertaining to present body are the
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