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Re: Question about Hinduism
dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti) writes:
>Yogananda (Autobiography of a yogi). I do not quite know what Scriptures
>say about why most of us do not remember anything from previous lives,
>but I know of some indirect statements about this. In the Srimad
>Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna said, that Spiritual inclinations are carried
>over from life to life (re: abhyAsayoga).
>Dhruba.
Namaskaar Dhrubaji :
I read that the reason why most of us don't remember their past
lives is due to the Grace of God. The reason is we already worry too much
[unneccessarily] about our present lives, and if we knew our previous
births, we would spend more time worrying 'Why did[not] I do this etc?'
than thinking about God in this birth. I will try to get the reference
for you.
Further, if one is really interested in knowing their previous birth,
there are specific techniques in yoga for this. Patanjali yoga suutras talk
about this briefly.
Giri
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