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Bhagavad Gita 2:22
Bhagavad Gita
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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 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The classic image of samsara.
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