Reincarnation {rebirth}[/i]
Reincarnation is believed to occur when the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, comes back to life in a newborn body. This doctrine is a central tenet within the majority of Indian religious traditions, such as Jainism, and Hinduism, Sikhism the Buddhist concept of rebirth is also often referred to as reincarnation.[Many Buddhists believe that sentient beings are reincarnated — good animals are reborn as humans and bad humans are reborn animals (or ghosts). The idea was also fundamental to some Greek philosophers and religions as well as other religions, such as Druidism, and later on, Spiritism, and Eckankar. It is also found in many small-scale societies around the world, in places such as Siberia, West Africa, North America, and Australia. Most atheists not only do not believe in gods, but also don’t believe in spirits or the afterlife. Most atheists and many Buddhist feel that reincarnation is yet another invention to comfort us about death. The teaching was around for a long time before the Buddha and the Buddha is recorded to have refused to discuss the afterlife. the majority of sects within Judaism , Christianity and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah, the Cathers , the Alawi, the Druze and the Rosicrucians
But even if reincarnation is false, if one looks generously at reincarnation not as an empirical statement but as a tool of thought, I think it can still be used wisely. Indeed most myths can be used well but many are used oppressively. The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of the Neplatonism , Hermaticsm , Manicheaism, and Gnosticism of the Roman era , as well as the Indian religions, is unclear. One way Buddhists use the reincarnation myth wisely is with the concept of “Precious Human Life“. In reincarnation ideology, there is a hierarchy of beings with humans at the top (of course). But the reason humans are considered to be at the top is that humans are considered to have the wonderful ability to reason, choose and act in such ways as to escape the cycle of suffering and rebirth.
Reincarnation is believed to occur when the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, comes back to life in a newborn body. This doctrine is a central tenet within the majority of Indian religious traditions, such as Jainism, and Hinduism, Sikhism the Buddhist concept of rebirth is also often referred to as reincarnation.[Many Buddhists believe that sentient beings are reincarnated — good animals are reborn as humans and bad humans are reborn animals (or ghosts). The idea was also fundamental to some Greek philosophers and religions as well as other religions, such as Druidism, and later on, Spiritism, and Eckankar. It is also found in many small-scale societies around the world, in places such as Siberia, West Africa, North America, and Australia. Most atheists not only do not believe in gods, but also don’t believe in spirits or the afterlife. Most atheists and many Buddhist feel that reincarnation is yet another invention to comfort us about death. The teaching was around for a long time before the Buddha and the Buddha is recorded to have refused to discuss the afterlife. the majority of sects within Judaism , Christianity and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah, the Cathers , the Alawi, the Druze and the Rosicrucians
But even if reincarnation is false, if one looks generously at reincarnation not as an empirical statement but as a tool of thought, I think it can still be used wisely. Indeed most myths can be used well but many are used oppressively. The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of the Neplatonism , Hermaticsm , Manicheaism, and Gnosticism of the Roman era , as well as the Indian religions, is unclear. One way Buddhists use the reincarnation myth wisely is with the concept of “Precious Human Life“. In reincarnation ideology, there is a hierarchy of beings with humans at the top (of course). But the reason humans are considered to be at the top is that humans are considered to have the wonderful ability to reason, choose and act in such ways as to escape the cycle of suffering and rebirth.