Combining this law with belief in the immortality of the soul, they arrived at the teaching of reincarnation, whereby merits and demerits in one life are said to be rewarded or punished in the next.
सदियों से जैसे - जैसे हिंदू धर्म फैलता गया पुनर्जन्म की यह शिक्षा भी फैलती गयी ।