In nearly every place surveyed, half or more say life after death is likely. Fewer believe in reincarnation or that ancestral ...

In The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf the Grey returns after death as Gandalf the White. So does reincarnation exist in ...

Nawaf Nasr, 78, sits at home in Syria's Sweida district and recalls details of what he says was his past life before he died ...

He is believed to be the reincarnation of the previous holder of the title and an immortal avatar of the Buddha Avalokiteśvara, bodhisattva of compassion. The office was the religious and ...

The Buddhist concepts of reincarnation and nirvana are also explored. Students will learn that most religions agree on one thing: what happens to the soul after the body dies is not random ...

In Syria’s large Druze minority, a belief in reincarnation binds the community together. NPR’s Jane Arraf reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Moksha – the release from the cycle of reincarnation and the end of all suffering. Many Hindus believe that righteous action is an essential starting point in the quest for moksha.