Often we hear the cliche question about 'What is the meaning of life?' Or 'What is the purpose of life?' Or 'Why are we born? In most cases, we have our own agenda of what our goals in life are. But from a spiritual point of view, there are two basic reasons why we are born. It is these reasons that define our most basic purpose in life. These objectives are:
To complete the give-and-take account (karmic debt) we have with various people.
To make spiritual progress with the ultimate goal of union with God and thus to come out of the cycle of birth and death.