Hinduism has contains many different processes to help find order and meaning. Order and meaning can come in many different forms, but three forms of order seem to stand out the most among them: karma, reincarnation, and moksha. To Hindus, finding order and meaning is an extremely important task that can take an entire lifetime to accomplish, sometimes even multiple lifetimes. There are many different ways to view order within the Hindu religion, but every form of order has its’ own way of helping a Hindu find order. Karma, or the moral law of action and reaction, has a significant effect on Hindus and their quest for order. Karma effects more than Hindus; it is relatively well known outside of Hinduism and actually plays a role in the lives of people who do not follow the Hindu religion. Karma is most easily described as the law of cause and effect, basically, what you do and what happens to you. Hindus believe that karma works; people receive the consequences for what they do and how they act, whether that be good or bad. An individual’s present life is a product of past karma, people have made themselves what they are. Having bad karma will lead to an endless cycle of reincarnation, which is something that …show more content…
Reincarnation is also extremely important to Hindu philosophy and believe it or not, most Hindus try to avoid reincarnation altogether. To most people, the thought of reincarnation is reassuring, we get to think that we might get another chance to live life and do things that we did not do or have the chance to do. This is not true for Hindus. Hindus do not want to get caught in the cycle of birth and rebirth, also known as samsara. To Hindus, reincarnation does not get anyone anywhere, there is no point to coming back to live in a life of pain and difficulty. The sole goal of a Hindu is to break the cycle of reincarnation and achieve