Samsara is a fundamental concept in Hinduism that refers to the cycle of birth and rebirth, also known as reincarnation. It is linked to the karma theory, which states that actions generated by desire and appetite bind one’s spirit (jiva) to an endless series of births and deaths. Samsara is considered a painful cycle of repeated birth and death, and it encompasses lives of perpetual, serial attachments. The whole process of rebirth is cyclic, with no clear beginning or end. At death, the soul passes into another body, which is determined by the state of mind at death and the souls desires and deserts. The ultimate goal of Hinduism is to achieve liberation from the cycle of samsara, known as moksha.