The image of rebirth as changing clothes, and the most familiar single statement of reincarnation in world scripture. It is offered as an argument for fighting, which is the part usually left out when the verse is quoted.
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TextEven as a man casts off worn-out clothes, and puts on others which are new, so the embodied casts off worn-out bodies, and enters into others which are new. 1 Reference Scheme Connections
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The classic image of samsara.
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Source Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentarySwami Swarupananda
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1. Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentary
Swami Swarupananda, Advaita Ashrama / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1909Bhagavad Gita 2:22View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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