Reincarnation in the Bible

Unknown to most, the Bible acknowledges the validity of reincarnation. For example in John 9:1-2 the disciples show their acceptance of reincarnation when they ask Jesus about a man who was born blind. They wonder if this was due to his having been sinful in a previous birth or if it was due to his parent's sinfulness. They inquire from Jesus as follows:

"As he went along he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'"

Here the disciples are clearly revealing their acceptance of reincarnation. When Christ answers their question (John 9:3) he does not dispute the concept of reincarnation. He answers, "It was not because of his sins or his parents' sins. This happened so the power of God could be seen in him."

Reincarnation is a scientific fact. Because our bodies are constantly changing we are reincarnating at every second. At every second the old blood corpuscles are dying off and new ones are taking their place. Just as we constantly change bodies during our live, death is simply another change of body.

Changing Bodies at Every Second

Changing Bodies at Every Second

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How to Become Free From Sex Desire?

I have a question and need Your guidance. How should I remain focused and not sidetracked by bodily consciousness, trying to attract women by having strong body. Although I am trying I am not completely out of sex desire. I need Your advice in this regard, so that I can become stronger and do service for Krishna and not get side tracked.

Your servant

Answer: Become Attracted to Krishna

Being attracted to the opposite sex means that you forgetting that we are not these bodies. You are embracing illusion and asking death to come and take your very soon.

Srila Prabhupada advises us how to become free from sex attraction in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 3.28.32 as follows:

“The charming eyebrows of the Lord are so fascinating that they cause one to forget the charms of sense attraction. The conditioned souls are shackled to material existence because they are captivated by the charms of sense gratification, especially sex life. The sex-god is called Makara-dhvaja. The charming brows of the Supreme Personality of Godhead protect the sages and devotees from being charmed by material lust and sex attraction. Yamunacarya, a great acarya, said that ever since he had seen the charming pastimes of the Lord, the charms of sex life had become abominable for him, and the mere thought of sex enjoyment would cause him to spit and turn his face. Thus if anyone wants to be aloof from sex attraction, he must see the charming smile and fascinating eyebrows of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

So you should focus your mind always on the charming beauty of Krishna. In this way you will longer be allured by attraction for bags of skin that are filled up with stool, urine, pus, blood, and vomit.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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