According to the teachings in Chapter 37, the primary cause for being trapped in the cycle of worldly existence, or Samsara, is the ignorance that fosters a sense of separation from the divine. The text explains that a person who holds the belief, 'Parabrahman is different from me; I am not that, I am something else,' is always subject to death and rebirth. This knowledge of difference, this delusion of being separate from the ultimate reality which pervades all of creation, is what causes the wheel of Samsara to turn eternally behind an individual.
What kind of thinking or belief system traps a person in the perpetual cycle of birth and death (Samsara)?
📖 Chapter 37