Reincarnation

Another case that deals with reincarnation from the direct family is Bobby Hodges’. A few years before Bobby was born, his aunt had had a miscarriage of twins. When Bobby was around the age of speaking, he constantly claimed that he belonged with his cousins and blamed his younger brother for them not being born to their aunt, which is both strange and fascinating. Another case that dealt with a child claiming to belong to someone else is Kendra Carter’s case. Her case was very intriguing…

They seek to obtain as much good karma, that way they can continue to chase that eternal soul (Long, p.264). Karma is the principle of cause and effect. A collection of this in the sprit is the subject to reincarnation, also referred to as Jiva. Once you enough good karma is collected as a male, Moksha can be achieved. This is what causes the release of the eternal soul to Brahman, reaching liberation of Samsara and achieving Moksha. Moksha is the ultimate goal…

they had become birds,” demonstrating that he explored boundaries outside of his comfort zone (Diaz 195). Even with this grand conclusion, we can see the boy’s genuine mindset surfacing as he begins to develop his own conclusion. He assumed the reincarnation of birds, and not a disturbing collusion of human bodies on the ground. In his cave otherwise known as underneath his bed, he begins to grow independent from his parents idea of…

This story begins by introducing the reader to its protagonist, Teddy. Teddy is a highly spiritual ten year old genius, he believes in reincarnation and that, in a past life he was an Indian man who was close to enlightenment. However, his meditation was interrupted and he was reincarnated into the body of an American boy. Teddy is determined to reach enlightenment, so he meditates constantly and refuses to buy into American culture and the materialistic society that comes along with it. Teddy…

in three fundamental ideas about the afterlife; they believe in karma, reincarnation and liberation. In terms of karma and reincarnation, most all Hindus have very similar beliefs, but there are numerous ideas about what happens to the soul in liberation. At the beginning of the first millennium BCE descriptions of the afterlife in Hinduism became more detailed and complex. The fundamental beliefs around karma and reincarnation are the same because they occur in the conditioned reality/material…

In tibetan culture death is understood from their dominant religion of Tantric Buddism. This type of Buddism emphasized the principle of Karma (to be good to others and you will be rewarded) and the concept of reincarnation (Ding 18). Reincarnation refers to an individual being transformed into a different being after death which includes animals, nature and humans. Additionally, death is viewed as simply a changed form of life working in an infinite continuum and those who worry…

a being and a concept are overarching themes in Plato’s dialogues and Ancient Greek philosophy as a whole. The earliest and most prominent discussion of the soul by Socrates occurs in Plato’s dialogue Phaedo. The discussion of immortality and reincarnation arises as early as the soul itself in Phaedo and has many elements comparable to Plato’s later dialogue – Phaedrus. The two present dialogues address the meaning of philosophy and the immortality of the soul in different, and sometimes…

perform burial rituals and each view these classes as low in society, however, their burial rituals are vastly different from one another. Death may seem like a terrible thing, but to both Hindus and Buddhist death does not always lead to another reincarnation but sometimes a person was enlightened and then their soul or entity never has to go through the process ever again. Death is a natural part of life that is inevitable so they made it more desirable through religion and…

The Buddha suggested that desire is the main cause of death and hence rebirths. Therefore, the only avenue of keeping off the cycle of death and rebirth is freeing oneself from desire. In this doctrine of reincarnation the Hindus and the Buddhists have a common understanding. However, Buddhism differs with Hinduism on the idea that people do not possess souls, but they consist of a ‘bundle’ of habits, sensations, desires, memories and so forth (Kay 170). According…

The Human Problem and Solution Karma, Reincarnation, & The Problem of Evil brings up the idea of why there is evil according to Buddhists and Hindus. According to these religions, one is punished or rewarded for their decisions, or karma, which is defined as the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence. A person’s karma decides what state they are reborn in, through rebirth. This view solves the problem seen in the theistic view of a personal God allowing evil to happen…