Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions
Date Submitted: 12/13/2004 01:42:46
Reincarnation is the belief that after death, one's soul keeps existing and is reborn another person or animal. It keeps reborning until it redeems itself. Then it returns to the temple of god, which the Buddhists call 'Nirvana' - eternal tranquillity. Two of the many ancient tribes who believed in reincarnation are the Greeks and the Egyptians.
Karma, the belief that our actions determine our future, is one of the foundations of reincarnation. For example,
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parents. However, he gets his spiritually qualities from his prior reincarnations.
Pitagoras: He was a Greek philosopher and mathematician. His belief was that the soul is immortal and that after death, it returns to earth and gets to be reborn. He believed that animals and humans coma from the same origin. Therefore, a person can return after death as an animal too. However, one can avoid rebirth as an animal by living an honest life.
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