reincarnations
Lives after lives
Reincarnations are instances of rebirth into new bodies or forms.
In Hindu and Buddhist belief, the soul passes through successive reincarnations until achieving spiritual liberation.
The word extends to any dramatic transformation or revival: The band has gone through several reincarnations since the 1980s.
A reincarnation of someone suggests they embody that person's essence: She's the reincarnation of her grandmother.
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- soulInnermost animating essence
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
past lives · dharma · moksha · nirvana · atman · cycle · Buddhist · Hindu
Return after decline
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- reinventionComplete self-transformation
- comebackRecovery after decline
- transformationThorough change in form
renewal · resurrection · regeneration · resurgence · makeover · reboot · reimagining · phoenix
Earlier embodied existence
- regressionReturn to former state
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- deja vuIllusion of prior experience
flashback · recall · connection · familiarity · birthmark · phobia · talent · prodigy
rebirth
Spiritual or physical regeneration
afterlife · past lives · dharma · moksha · nirvana · atman · cycle · Buddhist · Hindu · Jain
revival
Return after decline
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- reinventionComplete self-transformation
- comebackRecovery after decline
transformation · renewal · resurrection · regeneration · resurgence · makeover · reboot · reimagining · phoenix · metamorphosis
past life
Earlier embodied existence
- regressionReturn to former state
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
deja vu · flashback · recall · connection · familiarity · birthmark · phobia · talent · prodigy · affinity
Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhism's supreme leader
tradition · mythology · folklore · Celtic · Tibetan · Egyptian · Greek · Pythagorean · Plato · shamanic
portrayal
Depiction of someone
character · storyline · depiction · representation · theme · plot · fantasy · fiction · mythology · allegory
reincarnationseternal death
Everlasting separation from grace
annihilation · oblivion · extinction · cessation · nonexistence
reincarnationsendings
Concluding portions
terminations · conclusions · deaths · finalities · extinctions
reincarnationssingle life
State of being unpartnered
eternal rest · eternal sleep · heaven · hell · afterlife
- reincarnation beliefDoctrine of soul rebirth