Reincarnation Biological death is defined and accepted. Winstead- Fry points out that within sensory science, death is the termination of certain biophysical functions. “We can empirically confirm the existence and ending of life.” ( 163) The criteria for brain death are accepted as proof of biological death. Of course if one considers the human being and the human body as one, then death must be a definite ending. But what about those who believes the soul never …showed first 75 words of 1577 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1577 total…for their soul would not die and once the body died the soul would continue to live. “ As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up old ones and useless ones.” ( Text 22) It is obvious reincarnation is a large part of Hinduism. But as in any great philosophy or theory there is still an argument as to who first came up with the idea.