The life cycle of the silkworm was seen as representing the life, death and rebirth of human beings.

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Hindus believe that sins accumulated in past and current lives require them to continue the cycle of death and rebirth until they are cleansed.

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"We here at Fort Bliss have had an incredible experience: an experience of death, and, now, an experience of rebirth, " he told a Chicago Tribune reporter after the Easter Mass.

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