The Bhagavad Gita shows the central idea of Hinduism, which is reincarnation. I do not know a lot about Hinduism, but am interested in the idea of reincarnation in Eastern philosophy. Chapter two of this book focuses very much on the Self, death, and the afterlife. There are also many similar ideas to Christianity in regards to the soul. This chapter states that the Self never ceases to exist, which means there is no death …
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…bodies, if the body is nothing more than an illusion as Hinduism states. Although Hinduism has many similarities to Christianity, it contains more mysteries and questions that need to be answered. The reason that Hinduism is not a large part of Western culture, is that Western culture needs logic in order to believe in something. Faith can make believers only out of so many people. Most need some kind of reassurance in order to believe.