reincarnation
Spiritual do-over
Reincarnation is the belief that after death, a soul is reborn in a new body.
The concept is central to Hinduism, Buddhism, and other Eastern religions, where the cycle continues until spiritual liberation is achieved.
More loosely, reincarnation describes any return in a new form: The restaurant is a reincarnation of a beloved neighborhood diner that closed in 2019.
Cycle of rebirth
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- birthComing into the world
- deathCessation of life
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
wheel · dharma · moksha · nirvana · liberation · existence · journey · transformation
Spiritual cause and effect
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- soulInnermost animating essence
spirituality · doctrine · theology · metaphysics · eschatology · faith · creed · Buddhism
Making current again
- returnGo back again
- reawakeningRenewed consciousness or awareness
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
resurgence · renaissance · revival · restoration · transformation · second-chance · becoming · emergence
Eternal inner self
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- immortalityExemption from death
continuity · migration · transference · vehicle · oversoul · ba · anima · psyche
Return to former state
- memoriesStored past experiences
- recallMemory retrieval act
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
hypnosis · preexistence · ancestor · lineage · heritage · carryover · birthmark · phobia
Digital user representation
- bodhisattvaBuddhist helper of all
- qilinAuspicious Chinese chimera
- fenghuangMythical Chinese virtue bird
- shapeshifterBeing altering its form
samsara
Cycle of rebirth
karma · wheel · dharma · moksha · nirvana · liberation · existence · journey · transformation · renewal
karma
Spiritual cause and effect
soul · spirituality · doctrine · theology · metaphysics · eschatology · faith · creed · Buddhism · Hinduism
renewal
Making current again
- returnGo back again
- reawakeningRenewed consciousness or awareness
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
regeneration · resurgence · renaissance · revival · restoration · transformation · second-chance · becoming · emergence · continuation
atman
Eternal inner self
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- essenceFundamental nature of something
immortality · continuity · migration · transference · vehicle · oversoul · ba · anima · psyche · self
regression
Return to former state
recognition · hypnosis · preexistence · ancestor · lineage · heritage · carryover · birthmark · phobia · talent
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Digital user representation
- bodhisattvaBuddhist helper of all
- qilinAuspicious Chinese chimera
- fenghuangMythical Chinese virtue bird
shapeshifter · totem · dybbuk
- karmacomeuppance, good deeds, poetic justice, karmic debt, what goes around comes around
- renewalrenewal, reinvigoration, restart, reboot, fresh start
- metaphysical conceptssoul, spirit, free will, determinism, afterlife
- big questionsmeaning of life, existence of God, life after death, free will, afterlife
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- life changesmarriage, death, divorce, birth, graduation
reincarnationoblivion
Complete erasure from memory
annihilation · extinction · nonexistence · eternal death · cessation
reincarnationresurrection
Revival from death
bodily resurrection · resuscitation · restoration · reanimation
reincarnationmoksha
Release from rebirth cycle
nirvana · liberation · enlightenment · final release · salvation
- reincarnation beliefDoctrine of soul rebirth