Reincarnation
LO: I will know about the idea of the
soul’s reincarnation as expressed in
Eastern Religions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_fIzO_0ks
Quiz and Trade
This activity is designed to help you learn some key words for the
unit on life after death
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You will get a sheet, with a question and answer on it.
Leave your seat and find someone to quiz.
The other person will then quiz you
If BOTH have answered each others questions
CORRECTLY, then give each other a hand shake.
 At the end, SWAP SHEETS, memorise the answer to the
new question received and find someone else to quiz.
There will be a MINI-QUIZ at the end to see if you have
learnt the answers to all of the questions!
Mini Quiz!
1) What is Reincarnation?
The belief that after death, our soul lives again in another embodied form
2) What is Transmigration?
A word used of the soul’s passage or journey to another body after death
3) What is Karma?
The principle of actions, deeds and effects, that our actions in this life affect
the next. Regarded as a law of the universe.
4) What is Brahman?
God or the absolute in Hinduism
5) What is Maya?
The illusion or the unreal world of separate consciousnesses
6) What is Atman?
A word used to describe the soul or ‘principle of life.’ All forms of life have
atman in Hinduism.
Reading
We will read page 102-103 as a class
Reincarnation in Hinduism
• Reincarnation is the transmigration of the
soul from the body to body. It involves the
idea that we have lived before, possibly many
times, and we may live again. The soul is
eternal and lives in many different bodies.
• As a person cast off worn garments and puts
on others that are new, even so the embodied
soul cast off worn out bodies and puts on
others that are new.
Bhagavad Gita 2, 13
Moksha Chitram!
The game of
snakes and
ladders is
derived from
the Indian
game Moksha
Chitram. How
might this
game be
connected to
the concept of
karma?
Tasks
• More people are alive now than ever. Where
have the new souls come from? Are they the
souls of former animals or plants? What do you
think?
• Simply put, we now have four views regarding
what happens after we die:
– Reincarnation
– Rebirth
– Eventual Resurrection
– Nothing
Which is your personal view and why? Take a moment
to reflect and then write a written response.
Exam practice
• ‘Reincarnation is a more coherent concept than
resurrection.’ Discuss
• This question asks whether these concepts are coherent; in
other words, you are being asked if they make sense or not.
You might think that neither concept makes sense, because
both involve the idea of bodily life after death; if you reject
this as a coherent concept, you are not going to accept
either reincarnation or resurrection. You might, however,
prefer one over the other. In your essay, you should explain
the different concept and give reasons why people might
believe they are true. Remember, you are presenting an
argument, so information should be used to support it
rather than for its own sake.