Questions tagged [death]
Questions related to death.
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Afterlife is like sleep and dreams?
This page says the below -
"From the point of view of Hinduism, dying may be compared to falling asleep and after-death experiences to dreams. The thoughts and actions of the waking state ...
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How long does the experience of death feels to a person?
Dying is considered as an extremely painful experience for a person.
How long does it feel for a person who is dying ?
Does he experience time longer than other people who are seeing him dying ?
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Could a person be very evil & still go to heaven after death due to past lives good karma (?)
Could a person be very very evil, and then still go to swarg-lok after death because they had done good deeds in past lives before this life ?
Are there any cases like this talked about in Puran for ...
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If destiny is already decided then why should we have do good deeds
People say that if we do good deeds we get good results then why is it so that even after doing good deeds we go through hardships
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Does attachment to places/people of their previous life force bhut-pret to live as a ghost on Earth?
There is pret-yoni type lok where many ghosts/spirits live
However, some ghosts/spirits are not allowed to live there, they're forced to live on Earth, for different amounts of time (based on bad ...
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If a person in family dies on a tithi/date being a festival day, we do not celebrate any festival occuring on that tithi/date ever in future, Why?
Here in our region if a person dies on a festive day like Holi, Deepawali, Rakshabandhan etc. Their family member do not pursue and celebrate that festival in subsequent years. They call it – Khoddh ...
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Why was such a drowning death on lake meaning purpose give to their time to die
What is the meaning behind the death of a husband missing in lake for week and found and closed casket and I never got to see his body. Does that mean he moved on or is he still has unfinished ...
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Is it possible for a departed human soul to take a new birth as a bhuta or preta (ghost)?
Is it possible for a departed human soul to take a new birth as a Bhuta or Preta?
The existence of the word "pretayoni" indicates that after death, someone can be born as a preta. But as far ...
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Exact nature of the final pralay when brahmand ends ? What does this look like?
Could someone point me to Pauranic or Itihaas-Epics descriptions of the big huge final pralay ?
The one that happens at the end of 100 years of BrahmDev when brahmand ends ?
Just curious of the ...
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What is the symbolism of Putana dying by breastfeeding Krishn?
In the very well known story, Putana was a danav/daitya type who breastfed Krishna
He somehow killed her while breastfeeding, one of many asur he killed as a small child
Is there some deeper symbolism ...
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Is there any story anywhere where a person died because of his Karma of that birth only ? Anywhere written bad Karma reduces lifespan?
It is written in few scriptures that death happens to a person because of his fruits of karma of his previous births (Prarabdha)
I want to know if some contradictory information is also in scripture, ...
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Apart from death, which things happen in a person's life which are part of Prarabdh (fruits of actions of previous births)?
It is written in some scriptures that death happens to a person because of his fruits of karma of his previous births (Prarabdha)
Apart from death, which events happen in a person life because of ...
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What were the next lives of Devki and Yashoda?
After being Krishn’s mothers, after their deaths, what were the next life of both Devki and Yashoda ?
Were they born again to take part in some other historical events in Bharat ?
There doesn’t seem ...
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Do Hindu Puran say that cats and crows can see Yamdoot ? And that dogs and cats can see ghosts?
From Hinduism texts, is it a known thing in Hinduism that animals can see ghosts ?
So like our pets can see ghosts of people in family who have died and are visiting the house ?
Was wondering if any ...
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For some very advanced rishi or very high level bhakt, at end of life, viman shows up to take to another lok instead of usual death?
Could someone possibly explain the numerous accounts where a high-level rishi or very high level bhakt does not go through a normal physical death at the end of his or her lifespan ?
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