Chapter 37 presents a profound philosophical reason for entrapment in the cycle of worldly existence, known as Samsara. The primary cause is a deluded perception rooted in ignorance. The text states that when a person holds the belief, "Parabrahman is different from me; I am not that, I am something else," they create a sense of separation. This knowledge of difference, this duality, is what subjects the soul to the eternal cycle where death follows birth and rebirth follows death. Furthermore, the text identifies adharma (unrighteousness), ignorance, anger, and hatred as the "nooses of death" that bind individuals to this cycle.
What philosophical explanation does Chapter 37 offer for being trapped in the cycle of birth and death, or Samsara?
📖 Chapter 37