tailieunhanh - VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY FIVE LECTURES ON REINCARNATION

The visible phenomena of the universe are bound by the universal law of cause and effect. The effect is visible or perceptible, while the cause is invisible or imperceptible. The falling of an apple from a tree is the effect of a certain invisible force called gravitation. Although the force cannot be perceived by the senses, its expression is visible. All perceptible phenomena are but the various expressions of different forces which act as invisible agents upon the subtle and imperceptible forms of matter. These invisible agents or forces together with the imperceptible particles of matter make up the. | VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY Five Lectures on Reincarnation By SWAMI Abhedananda Author of India and her People Self-Knowledge How to be a Yogi Divine Heritage of Man etc. CONTENTS I. Reincarnation II. heredity and Reincarnation III. evolution and Reincarnation IV. Which is Scientific Resurrection or Reincarnation V. Theory of Transmigration I. Reincarnation The visible phenomena of the universe are bound by the universal law of cause and effect. The effect is visible or perceptible while the cause is invisible or imperceptible. The falling of an apple from a tree is the effect of a certain invisible force called gravitation. Although the force cannot be perceived by the senses its expression is visible. All perceptible phenomena are but the various expressions of different forces which act as invisible agents upon the subtle and imperceptible forms of matter. These invisible agents or forces together with the imperceptible particles of matter make up the subtle states of the phenomenal universe. When a subtle force becomes objectified it appears as a gross object. Therefore we can say that every gross form is an expression of some subtle force acting upon the subtle particles of matter. The minute particles of hydrogen and oxygen when combined by chemical force appear in the gross form of water. Water can never be separated from hydrogen and oxygen which are its subtle component parts. Its existence depends upon that of its component parts or in other words upon its subtle form. If the subtle state changes the gross manifestation will also change. The peculiarity in the gross form of a plant depends upon the peculiar nature of its subtle form the seed. The peculiar nature of the gross forms in the animal kingdom depends upon the subtle forms which manifest variously in each of the intermediate stages between the microscopic unit of living matter and the highest man. The gross human body is closely related to its subtle body. Not only this but every movement or change in the