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The Theravāda school's doctrine of the bhavaṅga (Pali, "ground of becoming", "condition for existence") is another theory that was used to explain rebirth. It is seen as a mental process which conditions the next mental process at the moment of death and rebirth (though it does not actually travel in between lives, see below). [70]
Illustration of reincarnation in Hindu art In Jainism, a soul travels to any one of the four states of existence after death depending on its karmas.. Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new lifespan in a different physical form or body after biological death.
Tucker attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. Degree in psychology and a medical degree. He is currently Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, and in addition to conducting research, he was the medical director of the University of Virginia Child & Family Psychiatry Clinic for nine years.
[W]hat I do believe is that, of the cases we now know, reincarnation--at least for some--is the best explanation that we have been able to come up with. There is an impressive body of evidence and it is getting stronger all the time. I think a rational person, if he wants, can believe in reincarnation on the basis of evidence. [29]
[1] [4] [5] When related to the theory of karma, it is the cycle of death and rebirth. [1] [4] [6] The "cyclicity of all life, matter, and existence" is a fundamental belief of most Indian religions. [4] [7] [8] The concept of saṃsāra has roots in the post-Vedic literature; the theory is not discussed in the Vedas themselves.
Yirmiyahu Ullman wrote that reincarnation is an "ancient, mainstream belief in Judaism". The Zohar makes frequent and lengthy references to reincarnation. Onkelos, a righteous convert and authoritative commentator of the same period, explained the verse, "Let Reuben live and not die ..." (Deuteronomy 33:6) to mean that Reuben should merit the ...
In philosophy, metempsychosis (Ancient Greek: μετεμψύχωσις) is the transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. The term is derived from ancient Greek philosophy, and has been recontextualized by modern philosophers such as Arthur Schopenhauer, [1] Kurt Gödel, [2] Mircea Eliade, [3] and Magdalena Villaba; [4] otherwise, the word "transmigration" is more ...
Karma is the basic principle within an overarching psycho-cosmology in Jainism.Human moral actions form the basis of the transmigration of the soul ().The soul is constrained to a cycle of rebirth, trapped within the temporal world (), until it finally achieves liberation ().