presentation on humans rebirth....it contains some authentic cases

1. REINCARNATION
NIKITA SHARMA
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2. Meaning of reincarnation
•Reincarnation is the
Religious or Philosophical
concepts 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.
• In India, Reincarnation is
popularly known as
“PUNARJANMA”. It is also
called as ‘Rebirth’.

3. Process of reincarnation
 Reincarnation is the natural
process of birth, death and rebirth

4. origin

•The word ‘Reincarnation’ derives
from Latin, literally meaning,
“Entering the flesh again”.
• In India, the concept of
Reincarnation is first recorded in
the ‘Upanishads’ which are
philosophical & religious texts
composed in ‘Sanskrit’.
• It is also recorded in “BHAGAVAD
GITA”. It is very old concept & it’s
root goes back to Iron Age

5. Reincarnation in different religions
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
• Process continues until soul
achieves ‘Moksha’. Achieving
union with BRAHMAN as people
free themselves from selfish
desires & suffering is known as
MOKSHA.

7. continue……………
•People’s actions in this life
determine their level or caste in
the next life. This is known as
Karma.
• Karma consists of all the deeds
of a person’s life that affect his/her
existence in the next life. By
living in a right way, a person will
be reborn at a higher level. Evil
deeds cause people to be born
into a lower level.

8. Buddhism
•Unlike Hinduism, soul dies along
with the body.
• Personality, Deeds & past actions
are transferred to the soul of a
new body.
• The consciousness of the new
person is same as the previous
one.

9. Jainism
•Same basic believe as Hindus.
• However Karma forms a central &
fundamental part of Jain faith.
• What goes around comes around.

10. INDIAN movies about reincarnation
Hindus believes & support this
phenomenon greatly so they made
hundreds of Movies about it, like :-
• Om Shanti Om
• Karan Arjun
•Karzz
• Ek Paheli Leela
•Makhi
•Magadheera
• Kudrat

11. Authenticated cases of reincarnation
• Dr. Ian Stevenson of
the University of
Virginia has
investigated more
than 2,500 cases of
claimed memories
around the world.
• He involves many
young children from 2
to 7 years old.
• His researches have
been considered as
among the most
convincing evidences
of Rebirth.

12. Evidences of reincarnation
•Authenticated memories of past life
• Birthmarks
• Natural talents
• Recurring dreams
• déjà vu etc.

13. Examples of authenticated cases

14. Shanti Devi
•Shanti Devi, a girl growing up in Delhi, born 11
December,1926 began speaking of her previous family
when she was 4 years old.
• She told her parents that her real name is “Lugdi Bai” &
her real home was in “Mathura”. She ran away from home
at age 6, trying to reach Mathura. She had died (on 4
October, 1925) ten days after having given birth to a child.
• Mahatma Gandhi talked to Shanti Devi and organized a
committee of prominent citizens to accompany her to
Mathura and check the claims of Shanti Devi.

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• She led the group to the
house & correctly identified
the changes in Mathura.
•She identified all the
relatives & stated information
that only she & her husband
{Kedar Nath} knew.
• She stated she hid money
near a hiding place which
was confirmed by the
husband.

16. •
Reena gupta
•When Reena gupta was less than
2 years old she told her
grandmother, “ I have a gharwala
(husband). My gharwala was a
very bad man. He killed me”.
• It was confirmed that there was a
woman Gurdeep Kaur , who was
murdered by her husband on 2
June, 1961.
• The former husband had been
jailed for 10 years for killing his
wife and her brother.
• In 1975, the husband met Reena,
who refused to go near him.

17. •
the Syrian boy
• A 3 year old boy in the Golan Heights region near the
border of Syria and Israel, born with a long, red
birthmark on his forehead, revealed that he was
murdered with an axe in his previous life.
• According to the Druze beliefs, birthmarks are related
to past life deaths.
• He showed the elders where his past life’s body & the
murder weapon were buried.
• In that very spot, they found a man’s skeleton & they
also found the axe, the murdered weapon.

18. •
8 rules of reincarnation
• Humans are almost always reborn as
humans.
• A birthmark can signify injuries or means of
death from a prior life
• When people with strong wills die suddenly,
they may become ghosts.
• All our good & bad Karma enters our new
body with our soul.
• Doing good Karma does not eradicate bad
Karma.
• After death, we are not reborn immediately.
• Souls become more spiritual & wise through
progressive lives.
• Very few peoples are able to recall their
past life memories.