pratekya
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Just one more point to add at the risk of beating a dead horse: I had a Religious Studies professor once (who happened to be a Hindu) say that she very much disliked the idea of a bad human reincarnating into an animal form, since no animal is anywhere near as terrible as a bad human being. An evil human can be horrific in the emotional / spiritual / physical destruction that he or she inflicts on others. A bad animal, in her (and my) opinion, doesn't really exist. Animals just are the way they are from genetics, environment, upbringing, and present circumstances. You might have a mean, angry, or dangerous animal, but not really an evil one (because that would imply moral choices that the animal is making rather than animalistic choices).
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