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Questions tagged [reincarnation]

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How can the idea of reincarnation be true if all the information of who we are is already destroyed

Because our consciousness can only persist in our brain. When the brain is destroyed, our consciousness is destroyed as well. We become no one. How can the idea of reincarnation be true if all the information of who we are is already destroyed. We…
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Why do Buddhists believe in reincarnation?

What makes a person believe in the idea of reincarnation? It can’t be “because the books/teachers say so”, given the Buddhist ideology of “come and see by yourself”
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Can you be a Buddhist if you don't believe in reincarnation?

Can I still consider myself a "Buddhist" if I don't believe in reincarnation??
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Can a being be reincarnated as multiple beings which exist simultaneously?

After a sentient being dies, it is said that it gets reincarnated in one of the realms as a human, god, animal, hungry ghost, etc. Always it is implied that one being is reincarnated as one being. Why would it not be possible for one being to be…
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Talents/Skills we possess as Humans

I have a strong desire to be an actor but I don't possess such skills... So is it possible that after reincarnation I come back in a body/form with acting skills. (I know this is a childish question but please help me) I really want to know.
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Do we reincarnate into similar or polar-opposite lives

I've read several reports of people remembering past lives. In many cases, in their current life they tend to have a very similar personality, repeat many of the same life patterns and often have many of the same interests they had in their previous…
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Do beings have control where they get re-incarnated

I hear some people saying that after death souls often get re-born among close relatives. For example, your grand parent may be re-born as your child after death. Although I never believed in this in the past, due to some of the incidents that…
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In my previous life I was ---

I can accept the concept of Reincarnation in Buddhism . That is , after a person died , then he/she will reborn again as human , as animal , or even as God , in the same / different Realm. But there's one thing that to me is weird . In my previous…
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What is reincarnated?

What is reincarnated? Does reincarnation occur in the realm of conventional reality? Well I had to put in some superfluous words because the website wouldn't accept just a simple question.
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Does anyone know where it is possible to identify a lama incarnation?

Hi I'm just seeking advice if it is possible to identify a Lama incarnation, whom to speak to etc.
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in Budhism, what would happen with a soul in a eventually case of succesfull cryogenic reanimation?

there is some text that speaks something related about, what would happen with a soul in a eventually case of succesfull cryogenic resucitation? i know this is a very new theme, but, if reincarnation is possible, what happens when that last body…
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