What is reincarnation? 19 Articles

by Steve Marshall

The new age movement and it's beliefs serve to show each person that in the broader picture of life and of the path God has set forth for us, there are indeed many avenues or paths that lead a genuine seeker to himself or ...read more

by fifteenth of the sixth seventy

There are a number of interpretations of reincarnation within Buddhism. I will look at a minority opinion: Zen. Some Zen schools totally deny reincarnation all together. For them, the focus of life is 'living in the mo...read more

by Richard Dance

From the Buddhist point of view, reincarnation is a slippery subject. Actually, the Buddha (a title, and whose actual name was Gotama Siddartha) would either not respond when asked about reincarnation, or his response wou...read more

by Ben Hughes

Reincarnation is most commonly associated with the major Eastern religions of Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism and also with Jainism and Taoism, as a central tenet of what happens to our souls after death, as well as giving ...read more

by Kyle Peterson

Reincarnation is a part of a few religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. Reincarnation has a lot to do with rebirth. Why is that? Say you're an arms dealer. Your whole life is based on selling guns to third world countries, youn...read more

by Thomas O'Donnell

Reincarnation is when the soul, upon death of your body, is then put into another body that is being born. You could be born as any living creature, but it depends on how you behaved in your life. If you were greedy, for...read more

by R. Duncan

The belief in reincarnation goes as far back as the first civilization on Earth, nearly 6,000 years ago. It takes us all the way back to the people of ancient Sumer, modern day Iraq. Though it is a sure thing that the S...read more

by Chiukwubuujundu Onu

By standing away from Christianism and all the balderdash of religionism, I found sufficient boldness to assert: the doctrine of immortality is in error. Not that I do not believe in immortal l...read more

by Michael Copley

Reincarnation implies that there is some thing or entity, a "soul", that is made flesh again. The orthodox religious views in Northern India at the time Buddhism was founded suggest that each person possessed an atman. Th...read more

by Teris

The Buddhist religion is one of a few, that have faith in the cycle of birth, death and rebirth as part of its beliefs dating back to the 8th century. The Tibetan Book of Death deals with the state of change between dea...read more

by Jordyn Dyer-Lee

In Buddhism, a more accurate term for reincarnation is actually 're-birth'. Re-birth is determined by the Buddhist belief of Karma - a literal translation of 'action'. According to Buddhist faith, re-birth is an endles...read more

by magicpen

Reincarnation, rebirth after death? As an Asian, growing up in Buddhism and Taoism society, I have heard of reincarnation since young and many movies, dramas and novels are taking this event as a theme too. Adults always u...read more

by Moomoo Cow

Buddhism believes in reincarnation amongst other things like karma. According to the religion, all living things are nothing but souls inside our physical shells. When we die, our souls will be liberated and enter a place ...read more

by Sita Wiczynski

Buddhism, in it's infinite wisdom says, we are all subject to the process of reincarnation, until we reach perfection or Nirvana. Nirvana isn't the same as heaven. Nirvana means, coming to understand the nature of emptines...read more

by Mirella Aldaba

Reincarnation is the release of ones soul into the body of another after death. This why of I would die now, and then I would think and feel everything as myself but be in another body. I personally discard this theory, be...read more

by Mike Machado

reincarnation = The understanding that the who we as beings in this universe really are is everything (the totality of all things); from the internal organs (our "bodies") to the external organs (our environment). In o...read more

by Derek Ayre

When people seek evidence for reincarnation generally they are seeking reassurance that they will live again and that their physical life on earth is NOT all there is. The Zen view, or should I say my Zen view (because...read more

by Jim Dublin

Reincarnation is the process by which the life energy within our bodies is released to pursue its natural course to the next plane of existence. The energy that is contained within our bodies on a cellular level in cont...read more

by David Newberry

To me, perhaps the best way to understand rebirth is to observe it happening from moment-to-moment. Each moment, your consciousness is reborn, arises anew in an entirely new state which is shaped, but not wholly determined...read more