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Samskaras are tendencies inherited from previous births which form a person's propensities in this life.


In Hinduism, the samskaras are the purificatory rites to be performed by a person during rites of passage. A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a persons social or sexual status. ...


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Panca Samskara (2861 words)
For this reason, without samskara the life of the conditioned soul is impure.
Samskaras exist in all religions and in all countries.
Although we have not had the opportunity to thoroughly study the samskaras of all religions, we at least can say that the samskaras of the Aryan religion appear to be of a higher order than the samskaras of other religions.
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