Chapter 4 verse 5
“The Blessed Lord said: Many births of Mine have passed
as well as yours, O Arjuna; I know them all but you know them not”
In answer to Arjuna’s earlier question of why Krishna was
saying that he taught this eternal knowledge to Sun God, Krishna tells him that
both Arjuna and him has been reincarnating several times but Arjuna doesn’t
remember his previous incarnations but Krishna does. This is not an
experiential reality yet for me, but I have read a number of instances of
yogins and vedantins who have realized own’s Self can transcend time and
remember their past, live in their present and know their future. Time in
sanatana dharma is not linear but circular and repeats itself in terms of Yugas
and manvantaras. Mahabharata and Ramayana also make a number of references to
previous births of many of its characters. I believe that if you are supposed
to benefit from the knowledge of a previous birth, you will be made aware of
it. Otherwise most mortals don’t need to know about their previous births. It
is for our own good that we don’t remember our previous births. Living in the
present and not worrying about past or future is one of the important teaching
of Lord Krishna in Bhagavat Gita.
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