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The Science of Reincarnation,
The Toll of Karma
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next one is those souls with bodies having three senses like an ant who has a sense of touch, sense of taste and a sense of smell. Then comes life form with four senses : touch, taste, smell and vision. Under this class we have an example of bee. Lastly, animals and human beings come under five senses life forms. These five senses are : touch, taste (tongue), smell (nose), vision (eye) and hearing (ear). With the gift of these five senses, souls in these bodies are capable of its own mobility and thus do not have to depend on some other physical matter.
The category "Samjani Jiv" is related to wisdom. Under this we have those souls who possess not only bodies with five senses but they have an ability to use mind. In this way such souls can distinguish between what is wrong and what is right. Example in this class of births are mainly those living in all the seven heavens and seven hells.
Thus Karma particles and its bondage to soul determines the type of physical body, birth/death and its activity. These Karma particles may be good, bad or have no effect. The bond formed as a result of good Karma and good actions gives rise to fruits of pleasures, happiness and the extent of freedom of choice or freedom of will for desired activity. Whereas a bond formed due to association
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