What is born will pass, and what has passed returns in some form.
Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Rebirth
22 quotes to read, reflect on and share
Quotes drawn from the Bhagavad Gita 22 quotes, each linked to the shloka behind it.
Find Bhagavad Gita quotes on rebirth, exploring Krishna's image of the soul changing bodies like worn-out clothes and what it means for how we live.
All 22 quotes
Many lifetimes have shaped who you are today.
It is never born and never dies; it simply is.
Everything arises from one source and returns to it.
What is truly you has no first day and no last.
Like worn clothes, bodies are set aside; the wearer goes on.
Memory is short; the soul's journey is long.
The soul carries its impressions as the wind carries scent.
Knowledge of nature and awareness breaks the cycle.
You have lived more than you remember.
Wisdom ripens slowly, over many lifetimes of trying.
Arrive at your true home, and the journey stops repeating.
The self you are is older than the body you wear.
Death is a doorway; habits are the luggage.
When birth and death lose their grip, freedom begins.
Being does not begin or end with a single lifetime.
When the body ends, the self is not ended with it.
Limited memory, limitless soul.
Cycles of birth and death invite acceptance, not despair.
True knowing ends the cycle of wandering.
To understand the divine is to be freed from returning.
What does the part of you that never began remember?
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