transmigration

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The thought behind Pythagoras' transmigration view is that humans and animals are alike.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024

He had forgotten the names of some of his dogs, she said, and where his bedroom was, but “we had this high-level conversation about the transmigration of souls.”

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

This informs the belief that an individual will bear a future burden for harms committed in the present through the process of samsara, or transmigration and rebirth of the soul.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

“Infinite” may last a finite 106 minutes, but transmigration of souls or no transmigration of souls, life is too short.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2021

Only people who believe in the transmigration of souls burn their dead—the Hindus and, in Burma, the monks of Buddha.

From The Hearts of Men by Fielding, H. (Harold)