What is Reincarnation?

Question

Can anyone tell me what reincarnations is??? I know that it means rebirth but i need more info, maybe a link would be good. =]

Answer 1

i believe that it is a hindu belief.you see they believe that there are several levels of heaven and hell. and if your a good person you go to heaven and when it comes time for your rebirth you are rewarded with a better life than the last. but if you are a bad person you got to hell and will get a horrible knew life. you could come back as an animal or your next human life will be much, much worse than your last. but when you go through all the levels you become part of a god and are never reborn again.

Answer 2

Reincarnation is the belief that a person will live many lives. Some people believe that people reincarnate as animals and then move up to humans at which point they can reach enlightenment. Others believe that people reincarnate (only as people) spending time on the Other Side. These people believe that we reincarnate for the further perfection of our soul. So in each life we learn the lessons that we planned to learn. Personally, I fall into the second category. Here are some links where you can find more information.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation

http://reluctant-messenger.com/reincarnation-proof.htm

http://www.comparativereligion.com/reincarnation.html



These sites are just a start, there is a lot of information out there with fascinating accounts of people remembering past lives!

Answer 3

See if this helps...

"Reincarnation is the cycle of death and rebirth after a while in spiritual spheres into a new physical body. Such a rebirth is called reincarnation. The soul - the true self - remains the same, while the "vehicle" of the soul to make the needed learning experience changes. Death means nothing else but the loss of ONE vehicle the soul was using during its many reincarnations in a physical body. Incarnation in a physical body is needed to go through certain spiritual lessons a soul may need on a particular planet. Reincarnations are controlled by the law of Karma. The family, time, place, social society and culture where a reincarnation takes place is decided by the individual Karma of a soul. It finally is a free choice of that soul because it may be necessary to become a free soul. However sometimes reincarnation is dependant on desires, fears and attachment only and rebirth or reincarnation takes places in accordance with these factors as a result of spiritual ignorance. Most of the time a reincarnation is caused by ignorance of spiritual truth and by Karma. All lessons to be learned could also be learned much easier and in a more loving atmosphere in spiritual universes. There are but a few lessons, like conducting war, abuse of might, violence of any kind including mental violence by thoughts that may require a physical incarnation because here on the physical plane the damage is relative to the physical plane and least compared to a possible damage in astral or causal spheres.



When death occurs, the soul - also called Atman - including all other bodies of lights, i.e. astral body, causal body is leaving the physical body and withdraws all connection to it. A human without physical body has the same consciousness and awareness as before in his physical body. In fact the consciousness normally is clearer and the perception of his surrounding is more accurate with the use of all metaphysical senses than in is previous physical body."

Answer 4

Some people believe that upon death the soul leaves the body and enters a new body. Some say that there is an endless cycle of births with the spirit or soul moving from lower forms such as worms up to higher animals such as birds to higher and higher forms like people and eventually to deities. In India there are many deities such as Varuna, Mitra, Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha, and so on, and even they participate in the cycle of rebirth. So, while the gods live for a very long time, even they die eventually. But that belief is not universal.



Others believe that each soul must experience all things, so the soul will be born into all different forms in a more random fashion, some good and some bad, some high and some low. And still others believe that it is one's deeds that determine how one will be reborn. This is the doctrine of karma. If you are good in this life, you will be reborn to a status that is higher. If you are evil in this life, you will be reborn to a status that is lower. In Buddhism, the belief is that the greatest salvation is to seek release from this endless cycle of rebirth. That is nirvana.



You can find more on Google.

Answer 5

Literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or metaphysical belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only human beings) survives death to be reborn in a new body. This essential part is often referred to as the spirit or soul, the "higher" or "true" self, "divine spark", or "I". According to such beliefs, a new personality is developed during each life in the physical world, but some part of the self remains constant throughout the successive lives.



Belief in reincarnation has ancient roots. This doctrine is a central tenet within the majority of Indian religious traditions, such as Hinduism (including Yoga, Vaishnavism, and Shaivism), Jainism, and Sikhism. The idea was also entertained by some ancient Greek philosophers. Many modern Pagans also believe in reincarnation as do some New Age movements, along with followers of Spiritism, practitioners of certain African traditions, and students of esoteric philosophies such as Kabbalah, Sufism and Gnostic and Esoteric Christianity. The Buddhist concept of Rebirth although often referred to as reincarnation differs significantly from the Hindu-based traditions and New Age movements in that there is no unchanging "soul" (or eternal self) to reincarnate.



During recent decades, a significant minority of people in the West have developed a belief in reincarnation. Feature films, such as Kundun and Birth, contemporary books by authors such as Carol Bowman and Vicki Mackenzie, as well as popular songs, regularly mention reincarnation.



Some researchers, such as Professor Ian Stevenson, have explored the issue of reincarnation and published evidence of children's memories of earlier lives in peer-reviewed journals and elsewhere. Skeptics are critical of this work and say that more reincarnation research is needed.

Answer 6

Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or metaphysical belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only human beings) survives death to be reborn in a new body. This essential part is often referred to as the spirit or soul, the "higher" or "true" self, "divine spark", or "I". According to such beliefs, a new personality is developed during each life in the physical world, but some part of the self remains constant throughout the successive lives.



Belief in reincarnation has ancient roots. This doctrine is a central tenet within the majority of Indian religious traditions, such as Hinduism (including Yoga, Vaishnavism, and Shaivism), Jainism, and Sikhism. The idea was also entertained by some ancient Greek philosophers. Many modern Pagans also believe in reincarnation as do some New Age movements, along with followers of Spiritism, practitioners of certain African traditions, and students of esoteric philosophies such as Kabbalah, Sufism and Gnostic and Esoteric Christianity. The Buddhist concept of Rebirth although often referred to as reincarnation differs significantly from the Hindu-based traditions and New Age movements in that there is no unchanging "soul" (or eternal self) to reincarnate.



During recent decades, a significant minority of people in the West have developed a belief in reincarnation. Feature films, such as Kundun and Birth, contemporary books by authors such as Carol Bowman and Vicki Mackenzie, as well as popular songs, regularly mention reincarnation.



Some researchers, such as Professor Ian Stevenson, have explored the issue of reincarnation and published evidence of children's memories of earlier lives in peer-reviewed journals and elsewhere. Skeptics are critical of this work and say that more reincarnation research is needed.



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Vinh beat me to the punch...

Answer 7

When someone believes in reincarnation, it means that they believe people live multiple lifetimes. It's often categorized as having to do with people coming back over and over until they resolve issues - like a wheel of life that keeps turning. Some people believe that you can eventually cease to reincarnate when you have completed all that is necessary. =]

Answer 8

Reincarnation is the belief that based on your doings in this life that you will be reborn as something else in another life. Some people believe that reincarnation is never ending, that you die and are reborn endlessly.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation



This link has the following Contents:





* 1 Eastern religions and traditions

o 1.1 Buddhism

o 1.2 Hinduism

o 1.3 Jainism

o 1.4 Sikhism

o 1.5 Taoism

* 2 Western religions and traditions

o 2.1 Ancient Greek philosophy

o 2.2 Christianity

o 2.3 Gnosticism

o 2.4 Judaism

o 2.5 Islam

o 2.6 Native American nations

o 2.7 Norse mythology

* 3 Contemporary perspectives

o 3.1 Modern thinkers

o 3.2 Anthroposophy

o 3.3 Theosophy

o 3.4 Scientology

o 3.5 Edgar Cayce

o 3.6 Eckankar

o 3.7 Seth and Jane Roberts

o 3.8 Henry Ford

o 3.9 George S. Patton

o 3.10 The New Age movement

o 3.11 Popular western culture

* 4 Scientific research

* 5 See also

o 5.1 Concepts

o 5.2 Themes

o 5.3 Traditions

o 5.4 Persons

Answer 10

The belief that the soul is immortal, and returns to a new body (the rebirth part) to experience more lives.

Answer 11

It's when your soul leaves your dead body and moves to a new body so its the reincarnation of your soul.

Answer 12

rebirth into something else alive, doesnt have to be a human

Answer 13

When you are alive again after you die except that you take the form of an animal instead of a human. But this obviuosly doesn't really happen.

Answer 14

its a hindu belief that you will be reborn again and again until the earth is perfect... good karma plays an important role...



http://www.hinduwebsite.com/reincarnation.asp

Answer 15

Reborn after death and you could be human or an animal or bird etc. Not that I believe in that crap!

Answer 16

Another way of saying I fear death....However,

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/r/reincarnation.html

http://www.krishna.com/node/436



As a scientist I must view both sides however improbable.

Answer 17

try googling it :D



yours truly

tobolita

http://doubleu3x.blogspot.com/

Answer 18

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation

http://www.comparativereligion.com/reincarnation.html

http://www.allaboutspirituality.org/reincarnation.htm