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हिंदू धर्म के अनुसार है कि कुछ जीवात्माएं पृथ्वी पर अपने जीवन से संतुष्ट रहती हैं। वे सुख-दुख, सफलता-विफलता के मिश्रण के साथ पृथ्वी पर जीवन का आनंद लेती हैं। अपने अच्छे और बुरे कर्मों का हिसाब करते हुए वे इस जीवन-मरण के चक्र में फंसे रहना पसंद करती हैं।  

Once souls have decided to return to their source, their goal is to purify themselves of ignorance and darkness. The process may take many lifetimes. The Mahabharata compares the process of purification to the work of a goldsmith purifying his metal by repeatedly casting it into the fire. Although a soul may purify herself in one life by “mighty efforts,” most souls require “hundreds of births” to cleanse themselves, it tells us.<ref>Kisari Mohan Ganguli, trans., ''The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa'', 12 vols. (New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1970), 9:296.</ref> When purified, the soul is free from the round of rebirth, one with Brahman. The soul “achieves immortality.”<ref>Svetasvatara Upanishad, in Prabhavananda and Manchester, ''The Upanishads'', p. 118.</ref>