This article is about the divine abode in various religious traditions. Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest heavens; from Gustave Doré 's illustrations to the Divine Comedy . Heaven or the heavens , is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as gods , angels , spirits , saints , or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned , or live. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter Heaven alive . Heaven is often described as a "highest place", the holiest place, a Paradise , in contrast to hell or the Underworld or the "low places" and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly bein...
Reap Only What You Sow In Hinduism, there is no concept of original sin. Instead, there is the karma, the idea that actions have consequences. The idea that actions have consequences is not unfamiliar to anyone, but karma is more than the basic sense of cause and effect. Karma is the idea that actions have consequences that can affect a person throughout multiple lives. It is these consequences that determine how, when and where a person is reborn into their next life. A person, thus, gets exactly what they have earned. Someone who has lived a good life will be reborn into a good situation. They might be reborn as a member of a higher caste. They might have more money or a safer home. If they lived a good enough past life, they might have an easier life with fewer hardships when they are reborn. On the other hand, a person who lived a life of greed and cruelty will be reborn as someone who is ill, crippled or, perhaps, not even human at all. In Hinduism, there is no belief that h...
Chanakya was an ancient Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as kauilya or vishnugupta, Who authored the ancient Indian political treaties. Chanakya was blessed with extremely intelligence and great intellect, His intelligence was the reason that he could create India's first largest kingdom. Apart from politics, Chanakya even acquired the knowledge of medicine and astronomy.
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