The Baha’i view of “reincarnation” is essentially different
from the Hindu conception. The Baha’is believe in the return of the attributes
and qualities, but maintain that the essence or the reality of things cannot be
made to return. Every being keeps its own individuality, but some of his
qualities can be transmitted. The doctrine of metempsychosis upheld by the
Hindus is fallacious. (From a letter dated 27 March 1938 written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, published in ‘Dawn of a New Day’)
