<P> Some schools conclude that karma continues to exist and adhere to the person until it works out its consequences . For the Sautrantika school, each act "perfumes" the individual or "plants a seed" that later germinates . Tibetan Buddhism stresses the state of mind at the time of death . To die with a peaceful mind will stimulate a virtuous seed and a fortunate rebirth; a disturbed mind will stimulate a non-virtuous seed and an unfortunate rebirth . </P> <P> The body dies, assert the Hindu traditions, but not the soul, which they assume to be the eternal reality, indestructible and bliss . Everything and all existence is believed to be connected and cyclical in Hinduism, all living beings composed of two things, the soul and the body or matter . Atman does not change and cannot change by its innate nature in the Hindu belief . In contrast, the body and personality, can change, constantly changes, is born and dies . Current Karma impacts the future circumstances in this life, as well as the future forms and realms of lives . Good intent and actions lead to good future, bad intent and actions lead to bad future, impacting how one reincarnates, in the Hindu view of existence . </P> <P> There is no permanent heaven or hell in Hinduism . In the afterlife, based on one's karma, the soul is reborn as another being in heaven, hell, or a living being on earth (human, animal). Gods too die once their past karmic merit runs out, as do those in hell, and they return getting another chance on earth . This reincarnation continues, endlessly in cycles, until one embarks on a spiritual pursuit, realizes self - knowledge, and thereby gains mokṣa, the final release out of the reincarnation cycles . This release is believed to be a state of utter bliss, which Hindu traditions believe is either related or identical to Brahman, the unchanging reality that existed before the creation of universe, continues to exist, and shall exist after the universe ends . </P> <P> The Upanishads, part of the scriptures of the Hindu traditions, primarily focus on the liberation from reincarnation . The Bhagavad Gita discusses various paths to liberation . The Upanishads, states Harold Coward, offer a "very optimistic view regarding the perfectibility of human nature", and the goal of human effort in these texts is a continuous journey to self - perfection and self - knowledge so as to end Saṃsāra--the endless cycle of rebirth and redeath . The aim of spiritual quest in the Upanishadic traditions is find the true self within and to know one's soul, a state that it believes leads to blissful state of freedom, moksha . </P>

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