anyway, if the chitta is taken as the subconscious mind, and this is transferred from body to body, this is not too dissimilar from me saying the samskaras (deep tendencies) persist. the question is do they persist in the deepest part of the mind, or are they merely stored in a non-mental (as advaita vedantins say, characterized by ignorance + the samskaras) causal body until they fructify and appear in the mind? i definitely need to consult more sources. either way, my point about karma being justified because we arent just a gross body and a soul is valid.