The text explains that the perpetual cycle of worldly existence, or Samsara, is driven by a fundamental misunderstanding of one's true nature. As detailed in Chapter 37, a person who holds the belief that Parabrahman (the Supreme Reality) is different from themselves—thinking "I am not that, I am something else"—is always subject to death. This knowledge of difference, or duality, is what causes the cycle where death follows birth and rebirth follows death, turning eternally behind the individual.
What leads to the continuous cycle of birth and death, known as Samsara?
📖 Chapter 37