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Hinduism holds that suffering follows naturally from personal negative behaviors in one ’ s current life or in a past life ( see karma in Hinduism ).

One must accept suffering as a just consequence and as an opportunity for spiritual progress.

Thus the soul or true self, which is eternally free of any suffering, may come to manifest itself in the person, who then achieves liberation ( moksha ).

Abstinence from causing pain or harm to other beings ( ahimsa ) is a central tenet of Hinduism.