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<blockquote data-quote="ax0547" data-source="post: 88230" data-attributes="member: 7183"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">According to Wikipedia.com</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Reincarnation</strong>, literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics" target="_blank">metaphysical</a> belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_being" target="_blank">human beings</a>) survives <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death" target="_blank">death</a> to be reborn in a new body. This essential part is often referred to as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit" target="_blank">spirit</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul" target="_blank">soul</a>, the "higher" or "true" self, "divine spark", or "I". According to such beliefs, a new <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/personality" target="_blank">personality</a> is developed during each life in the physical <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World" target="_blank">world</a>, but some part of the self remains constant throughout the successive lives.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#cite_note-0" target="_blank">[1]</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">According to this definition reincarnation as to have two parts -:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Be born as flesh again.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Soul, the “true self” is reborn into the flesh.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">New personality, but some part of self remains constant.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now being born as flesh is part of the definition itself, but could the constant part be the “true self” that remains true i.e. constant is to think about!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><a href="http://www.answers.com/library/Britannica%20Concise%20Encyclopedia-cid-68178" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> reincarnation </span></span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Doctrine of the rebirth of the </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/soul" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">soul</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> in one or more successive existences, which may be human, animal, or vegetable. Belief in reincarnation is characteristic of Asian religions, especially </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/hinduism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Hinduism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/jainism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Jainism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/buddhism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Buddhism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, and </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/sikhism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Sikhism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">. All hold to the doctrine of </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/karma" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">karma</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, the belief that actions in this life will have their effect in the next. In Hinduism, a person may be freed from the cycle of birth and rebirth only by reaching a state of enlightenment. Likewise in Buddhism, discipline and </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/meditation" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">meditation</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> may enable a seeker to reach </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/nirvana" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">nirvana</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> and escape the wheel of birth and rebirth. </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/manichaeism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Manichaeism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> and </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/gnosticism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Gnosticism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> accepted the concept of reincarnation, as do such modern spiritual movements as </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/theosophy" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Theosophy</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">This definition explains that reincarnation is dependent on our Karma. This is how it is said in Sikhism too and that state of enlightenment is needed to get rid of it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Karma, defection needed!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Enlightenment, definition needed! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><a href="http://www.answers.com/library/Buddhism%20Dictionary-cid-68178" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Buddhism Dictionary:</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> reincarnation </span></span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Term generally avoided by writers on </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/buddhism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Buddhism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> since it implies the existence of an immortal soul (</span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/atman" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">ātman</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">) that is periodically incarnated in a fleshly host, a notion more proper to </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/hinduism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Hinduism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">. By contrast, Buddhism denies the existence of an immortal soul and does not accept the dualistic opposition between spirit and matter it presupposes. Accordingly, the English term preferred by Buddhist writers to designate the dynamic and constantly changing continuity of the individual from one life to the next is ‘</span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/rebirth" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">rebirth</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">’. Neither this term nor ‘reincarnation’ has a direct </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/sanskrit" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Sanskrit</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> equivalent, and Indian sources speak instead of ‘rebecoming’ (Sanskrit, </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/punarbhava" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">punarbhava</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">) or ‘repeated death’ (Sanskrit, punarm</span></span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṛ</span></span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">tyu).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Well this makes it clear that Buddhists think that soul is not immortal, and that matter and soul are not dualistic but different entities! A presupposition! And therefore reincarnation is not the best term for this! Acceptable.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><a href="http://www.answers.com/library/Occultism%20%26%20Parapsychology%20Encyclopedia-cid-68178" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Occultism & Parapsychology Encyclopedia:</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> Reincarnation </span></span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The return to a new corporeal life of a soul (the incorporeal true self) that had previously been embodied and passed through </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/bodily" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">bodily</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> death. The idea of reincarnation—that the soul passes through a series of embodiments—stands in contrast to the dominant Western Christian idea of a single corporeal </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/embodiment" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">embodiment</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> followed by resurrection (reunion of the soul with a spiritual body) and life with God in heaven. Reincarnation is often associated with, but is not necessarily connected with, </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/transmigrate" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">transmigration</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, the idea that at death the soul might pass into the body of an animal, a plant, or even an </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/inanimate" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">inanimate</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> object such as a stone. The belief in reincarnation was tied to moral categories in ancient religions, especially the Eastern concept of </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/karma" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">karma</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, which viewed the present life as the working out of consequences from previous lives. Future embodiments will also be determined by the consequences of this present life. One must remove </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/oneself" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">oneself</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> from the realm of consequences through spiritual activity or be stuck in the endless </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/cycle-of-reincarnation-computer-jargon" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">cycle of reincarnation</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> forever. The belief in a form of reincarnation is fundamental to both </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/fasting-and-abstinence-hinduism-and-buddhism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Hinduism and Buddhism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> and had some popularity in the ancient Mediterranean basin. </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/pythagoras" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Pythagoras</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, for example, claimed that he was Euphorbus in a previous existence. In modern times, reincarnation has spread in the West through the efforts of French </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/spiritism" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Spiritism</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> and </span><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/theosophy" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Theosophy</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Acoording to this -:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Karma plays a role possibly.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Could be animate, inanimate or plants.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Transmigrations, definition needed!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ax0547, post: 88230, member: 7183"] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]According to Wikipedia.com[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Reincarnation[/B], literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics"]metaphysical[/url] belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_being"]human beings[/url]) survives [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death"]death[/url] to be reborn in a new body. This essential part is often referred to as the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit"]spirit[/url] or [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul"]soul[/url], the "higher" or "true" self, "divine spark", or "I". According to such beliefs, a new [URL="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/personality"]personality[/URL] is developed during each life in the physical [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World"]world[/url], but some part of the self remains constant throughout the successive lives.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#cite_note-0"][1][/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman]According to this definition reincarnation as to have two parts -:[/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]1.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Be born as flesh again.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]2.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Soul, the “true self” is reborn into the flesh.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]3.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]New personality, but some part of self remains constant.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Now being born as flesh is part of the definition itself, but could the constant part be the “true self” that remains true i.e. constant is to think about![/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][URL="http://www.answers.com/library/Britannica%20Concise%20Encyclopedia-cid-68178"][FONT=Calibri]Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] reincarnation [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri]Doctrine of the rebirth of the [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/soul"][FONT=Calibri]soul[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] in one or more successive existences, which may be human, animal, or vegetable. Belief in reincarnation is characteristic of Asian religions, especially [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/hinduism"][FONT=Calibri]Hinduism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri], [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/jainism"][FONT=Calibri]Jainism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri], [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/buddhism"][FONT=Calibri]Buddhism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri], and [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/sikhism"][FONT=Calibri]Sikhism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri]. All hold to the doctrine of [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/karma"][FONT=Calibri]karma[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri], the belief that actions in this life will have their effect in the next. In Hinduism, a person may be freed from the cycle of birth and rebirth only by reaching a state of enlightenment. Likewise in Buddhism, discipline and [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/meditation"][FONT=Calibri]meditation[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] may enable a seeker to reach [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/nirvana"][FONT=Calibri]nirvana[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] and escape the wheel of birth and rebirth. [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/manichaeism"][FONT=Calibri]Manichaeism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] and [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/gnosticism"][FONT=Calibri]Gnosticism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] accepted the concept of reincarnation, as do such modern spiritual movements as [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/theosophy"][FONT=Calibri]Theosophy[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri].[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri]This definition explains that reincarnation is dependent on our Karma. This is how it is said in Sikhism too and that state of enlightenment is needed to get rid of it.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]1.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Karma, defection needed![/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]2.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Enlightenment, definition needed! [/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][URL="http://www.answers.com/library/Buddhism%20Dictionary-cid-68178"][FONT=Calibri]Buddhism Dictionary:[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] reincarnation [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri]Term generally avoided by writers on [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/buddhism"][FONT=Calibri]Buddhism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] since it implies the existence of an immortal soul ([/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/atman"][FONT=Calibri]ātman[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri]) that is periodically incarnated in a fleshly host, a notion more proper to [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/hinduism"][FONT=Calibri]Hinduism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri]. By contrast, Buddhism denies the existence of an immortal soul and does not accept the dualistic opposition between spirit and matter it presupposes. Accordingly, the English term preferred by Buddhist writers to designate the dynamic and constantly changing continuity of the individual from one life to the next is ‘[/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/rebirth"][FONT=Calibri]rebirth[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri]’. Neither this term nor ‘reincarnation’ has a direct [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/sanskrit"][FONT=Calibri]Sanskrit[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] equivalent, and Indian sources speak instead of ‘rebecoming’ (Sanskrit, [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/punarbhava"][FONT=Calibri]punarbhava[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri]) or ‘repeated death’ (Sanskrit, punarm[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma]ṛ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri]tyu).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri]Well this makes it clear that Buddhists think that soul is not immortal, and that matter and soul are not dualistic but different entities! A presupposition! And therefore reincarnation is not the best term for this! Acceptable.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][URL="http://www.answers.com/library/Occultism%20%26%20Parapsychology%20Encyclopedia-cid-68178"][FONT=Calibri]Occultism & Parapsychology Encyclopedia:[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] Reincarnation [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri]The return to a new corporeal life of a soul (the incorporeal true self) that had previously been embodied and passed through [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/bodily"][FONT=Calibri]bodily[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] death. The idea of reincarnation—that the soul passes through a series of embodiments—stands in contrast to the dominant Western Christian idea of a single corporeal [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/embodiment"][FONT=Calibri]embodiment[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] followed by resurrection (reunion of the soul with a spiritual body) and life with God in heaven. Reincarnation is often associated with, but is not necessarily connected with, [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/transmigrate"][FONT=Calibri]transmigration[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri], the idea that at death the soul might pass into the body of an animal, a plant, or even an [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/inanimate"][FONT=Calibri]inanimate[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] object such as a stone. The belief in reincarnation was tied to moral categories in ancient religions, especially the Eastern concept of [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/karma"][FONT=Calibri]karma[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri], which viewed the present life as the working out of consequences from previous lives. Future embodiments will also be determined by the consequences of this present life. One must remove [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/oneself"][FONT=Calibri]oneself[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] from the realm of consequences through spiritual activity or be stuck in the endless [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/cycle-of-reincarnation-computer-jargon"][FONT=Calibri]cycle of reincarnation[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] forever. The belief in a form of reincarnation is fundamental to both [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/fasting-and-abstinence-hinduism-and-buddhism"][FONT=Calibri]Hinduism and Buddhism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] and had some popularity in the ancient Mediterranean basin. [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/pythagoras"][FONT=Calibri]Pythagoras[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri], for example, claimed that he was Euphorbus in a previous existence. In modern times, reincarnation has spread in the West through the efforts of French [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/spiritism"][FONT=Calibri]Spiritism[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri] and [/FONT][URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/theosophy"][FONT=Calibri]Theosophy[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri].[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Calibri]Acoording to this -:[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]1.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Karma plays a role possibly.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]2.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Could be animate, inanimate or plants.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]3.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Transmigrations, definition needed![/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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