How Do Various Religions/Cultures Of The World View Reincarnation?

[zzzf]

And Chinese too


My first post in the forum


The Chinese people also have a long history in believing in reincarnation. Only after the communism come into power, this kind of belief and other traditional values are regarded as superstition by government, education system, media, etc.


But I think elderly people, and many young people subconsciously, still believe in reincarnation. For example, it is very common for a mother to say to her trouble-causing kid that she think she own the kid karma debt in a previous life (and that is why the kid always cause trouble).

 

[deborah]

The Australian aborigines believe that an infant is a reincarnation of deceased ancestors and that the soul is continually reborn. Some Indonesian peoples hold that ancestral souls reside in sacred animals, sometimes in preparation for a new incarnation.

 

[deborah]

Alaskan Tlingit Indians

Tlingit Indians of south east Alaska believe that the soul of the deceased will be reincarnated into its ancestors and it is argued that if a women dreams of a dead relative they will be reborn as her child.
The birth of each child was celebrated according to family rank. Each birth was a rebirth, a reincarnation of some relative of the mother, to carry on her house and clan.


A custom has been reported from within the Eskimo culture in which an aged Eskimo selects a newly wed couple and asks if he may be their 1st born child. If he is good and honorable consent will be given and the man will will give that couple his personal things that he wants for his next life and then wander off to die. There are numerous occurrences where babies of such couples will claim such articles as their own, and for a short period of time have a recollection of the past life associated with them.

 

[ChrisR]

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