[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Comman Man [@CommanGUY](/creator/twitter/CommanGUY) on x 10.4K followers Created: 2025-07-22 15:49:14 UTC Why Are Babies Not Cremated in Sanatan Dharma? Because Dharma distinguishes between ritual and relevance. X. Cremation in Sanatan Dharma is not just disposal of the body. It is a conscious spiritual act meant to burn karma, ego, and worldly attachments liberating the soul. X. But an infant has no karma. No ego. No worldly attachments. They haven’t begun the journey of “karma phal” (fruits of action). Hence, no need for cremation. X. An infant hasn’t undergone major sanskaras (rites of passage): •Vidyarambh (beginning of learning) •Upanayan (initiation into dharma) •Vivah (entry into grihastha ashram) •Antyeshti (last rites) No sanskar = no karmic identity. X. Cremation is meant to dissolve the subtle body and assist the soul’s release from material entanglement. But a baby is not entangled. The soul remains untouched neither polluted by desires nor actions. X. Hence, infants are traditionally buried, not cremated. Why? Because they are seen as closer to nature (prakriti), not yet fully part of the karmic cycle. The Earth reclaims them gently. X. In some traditions, the body is placed in an earthen pot or wrapped in lotus leaves, and buried near rivers or sacred trees. This reflects Sanatan Dharma’s alignment with natural laws not mechanical ritualism. X. Even for adults, cremation is not universal. Many yogis, sants, and siddhas are buried in samadhi. Why? Because they too are beyond karma. Fire is only used when ego remains. X. Sanatan Dharma doesn’t apply ritual blindly. It applies it where relevant. Babies are not cremated because there’s no spiritual purpose served by it. That is Dharma not rigidity, but consciousness. X. The West sees death as the end. Sanatan sees it as transition. And for an infant soul there is nothing to burn, only to return. XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [ego](/topic/ego) [conscious](/topic/conscious) [ritual](/topic/ritual) [babies](/topic/babies) [Post Link](https://x.com/CommanGUY/status/1947685375893295414)
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Comman Man @CommanGUY on x 10.4K followers
Created: 2025-07-22 15:49:14 UTC
Why Are Babies Not Cremated in Sanatan Dharma?
Because Dharma distinguishes between ritual and relevance.
X. Cremation in Sanatan Dharma is not just disposal of the body. It is a conscious spiritual act meant to burn karma, ego, and worldly attachments liberating the soul.
X. But an infant has no karma.
No ego. No worldly attachments. They haven’t begun the journey of “karma phal” (fruits of action). Hence, no need for cremation.
X. An infant hasn’t undergone major sanskaras (rites of passage):
•Vidyarambh (beginning of learning) •Upanayan (initiation into dharma) •Vivah (entry into grihastha ashram) •Antyeshti (last rites)
No sanskar = no karmic identity.
X. Cremation is meant to dissolve the subtle body and assist the soul’s release from material entanglement.
But a baby is not entangled. The soul remains untouched neither polluted by desires nor actions.
X. Hence, infants are traditionally buried, not cremated.
Why?
Because they are seen as closer to nature (prakriti), not yet fully part of the karmic cycle.
The Earth reclaims them gently.
X. In some traditions, the body is placed in an earthen pot or wrapped in lotus leaves, and buried near rivers or sacred trees.
This reflects Sanatan Dharma’s alignment with natural laws not mechanical ritualism.
X. Even for adults, cremation is not universal.
Many yogis, sants, and siddhas are buried in samadhi.
Why? Because they too are beyond karma.
Fire is only used when ego remains.
X. Sanatan Dharma doesn’t apply ritual blindly.
It applies it where relevant. Babies are not cremated because there’s no spiritual purpose served by it.
That is Dharma not rigidity, but consciousness.
X. The West sees death as the end. Sanatan sees it as transition.
And for an infant soul there is nothing to burn, only to return.
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