2. DEFINITION
• Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical
concept that the soul or spirit, after biological
death, begins a new life in a new body that may be
human, animal or spiritual depending upon the
deeds and moral quality of the previous life’s actions.
• A person or animal in whom a particular soul is
believed to have been reborn.
• Rebirth of any individual in new body or even a new
form is said to be reincarnation
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4. • The word "reincarnation" derives from Latin,
literally meaning, “entering the flesh again”.
• Concept of reincarnation is present in many
religions of the world. It is an very old concept
and its root goes back to Iron Age
• The concept was originated and believed by
Greeks, Verdicts, ancient European, Iranian and
Indian, Aryan, ancient chinese and african
cultures.
ORIGIN
5. REINCARNATION IN DIFFERENT
RELEGIONS
Belief in reincarnation is characteristic of Asian
religions, especially Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism.
All hold to the doctrine of karma, the belief that actions in this
life will have their effect in the next
Following are the religions which supports this belief mostly.
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Jainism
• Pagans religion
6. HINDUISM
• Souls migrates to another
body after death
• Soul or jiva is pure, death
destroys only body.
• Next life depends on the deeds
and actions of the past life.
• A person can become a
human or any other creature
• Process continues until soul
achieves moksha (nirvana)
7. BUDDHISM
• Unlike Hinduism , soul
dies along with the body
• Personality, deeds and
past actions are
transferred to the soul of
a new body
• In Buddhism, At the death
of one personality, a new
one comes into being,
much as the flame of a
dying candle can serve to
light the flame of another
• The consciousness of the
new person is same as the
previous one.
8. CHRISTIANITY
• Though the major Christian
denominations reject the concept
of reincarnation, a large number
of Christians profess the belief
• Man is the special creation of
God, created in God’s image with
both a material body and an
immaterial soul and spirit. He is
presented as distinct and unique
from all other creatures—angels
and the animal kingdom alike.
• Not mutually alike belief systems.
9. Jainism
• Same basic believe as Hindus
• However Karma forms a central
and fundamental part of Jain faith.
• Every Action has its consequences
some immediate, some delayed,
even into future incarnations. So
the doctrine of karma is not
considered simply in relation to
one life-time, but also in relation to
both future incarnations and past
lives.
• What goes around comes around
10. PAGAN Religions
• Combination of different
tribal religions and beliefs
•Other than the mainstream
religions
•Practices according to
culture
•Worshipper of sun, sky,
nature etc
•Offer sacrifices to their God
in order to improve the
standards of their next life.
11. ISLAM
• Denies the concept of
reincarnation
• Everybody is mortal in the world
accept Allah Almighty
• Will be brought to life again to
face judgment
• Quran proves these points
12. • Allah Taa’la says in Quran:
“How can you deny God, when you were dead and God gave
you life? Then God will cause you to die, and then revive
you, and then you will be returned to God.” (Quran 2:28)
• And says:
"O soul who is at rest, return to thy Lord, well-pleased with
Him, well-pleasing Him. So enter among My servants, and
enter My garden." (89:27-30)
13. MEANWHILE…
• The idea of reincarnation is accepted by a few Muslim sects.
• Reincarnation was also accepted by some streams of Sufism. Modern
Sufis who embrace the idea include Bawa Muhaiyadeen
• It is claimed by some sufi groups that the mystics and poets in the
Islam tradition have celebrated this belief:
"I died as mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was man.
Why should I fear?
When was I less by dying?"
• However Sufis like Hazrat Inayat Khan has criticized the idea as
unhelpful to the spiritual seeker.
14. PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT
REINCARNATION
• “I am confident that there truly is
such a thing as living again, that the
living spring from the dead, and that
the souls of the dead are in
existence.” Socrates
• “The Celts were fearless warriors
because “they wish to inculcate this
as one of their leading tenets, that
souls do not become extinct, but pass
after death from one body to
another…”Julius Caesar
15. IN POPULAR CULTURE
• In recent decades, many Europeans and North Americans
have developed an interest in reincarnation.
• Contemporary films, books, and popular songs frequently
mention reincarnation.
• In the last decades, academic researchers have begun to
explore reincarnation and published reports, memoirs
and books about it.
16. LITERATURES & BOOKS ABOUT
REINCARNATION
• It seems that, in recent years, many books on this particular topic have flooded
into the book marketplace.
• Some of the best books giving examples, case studies, and thorough
explanations of past lives and reincarnation are given below:
Many Lives Many Masters, Brian Weiss
Reliving Past Lives, Helen opic
Novels of modern era like
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Transcendence by C.J. Omololu
The immortals by Alyson Noel
17. MOVIES AND MEDIA ABOUT
REINCARNATION
• Some of very famous movies are made about this concept both in
Hollywood and Bollywood.
• Hindus believes & support this phenomena
greatly so they made hundreds
of movies about it, like
• Om Shanti Om
• Karan Arjun
• Karzzz
18. • Some of famous
Hollywood movies
made around this
phenomena are
The Fog
Chances Are
Cloud Atlas
17 again
The last Air
bender
22. WHAT ‘THEY’ SAY ABOUT
REINCARNATION.. :)
• “I have been born more times than anybody except
Krishna”
—Mark Twain
• “It is conceivable that I might
well be reborn as a Chinese coolie.
In such case I should lodge a protest.”
—Sir Winston Churchill
23. “If you're really a
mean person you're
going to come back as
a fly and eat poop.”
― Kurt Cobain
24. The phenomena of reincarnation is
very complex and too much vast to
cover just in this short time. The idea
was to tell and inform the major
concept and circle of it.
