Home›Core Tenets›Subject›Death, rebirth and destinyBrowse ByDeath, rebirth and destinyThis page groups beliefs by what they are actually about. Wikipedia notes that "to believe something is to take it to be true; for instance, to believe that snow is white is comparable to accepting the truth of the proposition 'snow is white.'" Browsing by subject lets a visitor find every belief built around the same underlying topic.FactsLearn MoreDeath, rebirth and destinySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe central affirmations of a tradition, stated one at a time. What counts as a core tenet is set by each tradition, and traditions differ over whether assent to stated propositions is what makes a member: creedal Christianity and Islam draw such lists explicitly, while Judaism, Hinduism and most Indigenous traditions do not. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedBeliefs & Restrictions 1ComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 4Learn MoreThe core tenets This group gathers the core tenets of the traditions, the central affirmations and defining beliefs that stand at the heart of a religion or worldview, the doctrines a tradition holds as essential to its identity. It is the largest belief grouping in the atlas. The browser will find the core tenets the atlas gathers from across the traditions. The entries describe each belief in its own terms, distinguishing what a tradition affirms of itself from the historical and comparative perspective of scholarship.Death, rebirth and destinyFilter Results14 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllA minority position within the tradition (1)Binding, without a formal definition (7)Defined and binding within this tradition (1)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (3)Standard teaching, not formally defined (6)Origin Period Start YearAll-700 (2)1150 (1)1831 (1)Affirmation OfAllBardo (1)Karma (1)Purgatory (1)Samsara (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (2)Cosmological Beliefs (3)TraditionAllAlawites (1)American Humanist Association (1)Gaudiya Vaishnavism (2)Gelug (2)Humanists International (1)ISKCON (Hare Krishna) (2)Jehovah's Witnesses (2)Jodo Shinshu (1)Jonang (2)Kagyu (2)Karma Kagyu (2)Kashmir Shaivism (2)Khalsa (2)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Lingayatism (2)Madhyamaka (1)Mahayana (1)Nath Sampradaya (2)New Atheism (1)Nichiren (1)Nichiren Shoshu (1)Nirmala (2)Nyingma (2)Palo Mayombe (1)Pure Land (1)Rinzai (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Sakya (2)Samkhya (2)Seventh-day Adventism (2)Shaivism (2)Shaktism (2)Shingon (1)Shri Vidya (2)Smartism (2)Soka Gakkai (1)Soto (1)Sri Vaishnavism (2)Tendai (1)Theravada (1)Tiantai (1)Tibetan Buddhism (2)Udasi (2)Vaishnavism (2)Vajrayana (1)Zen (1)ObligationAllObligatory (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14A person carries a ka, the vital force needing offerings after death, and a ba, the mobile aspect of self that can leave the tomb and move between the dead and the living.Death, rebirth and destinyAncestors continue to watch over and can bless or punish their living descendantsDeath, rebirth and destinyConditional immortality (annihilationism)Death, rebirth and destinyEternal progression and exaltationDeath, rebirth and destinyIt Is Taboo to Speak the Name of the Recently DeadDeath, rebirth and destinyKarma: action determines future rebirthDeath, rebirth and destinyPurgatoryDeath, rebirth and destinyReincarnation (samsara)Death, rebirth and destinySouls Are Eternally Graded and Not All Are Destined for LiberationDeath, rebirth and destinyThe bardo, the intermediate state between death and rebirthDeath, rebirth and destinyThe imminent Second Coming of ChristDeath, rebirth and destinyThe Soul Passes Through Successive BodiesDeath, rebirth and destinyThis life is the only life there isDeath, rebirth and destinyWyrd and Orlog: The Weave of FateDeath, rebirth and destinySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source3. Belief, Language, and Experiencetier 1Rodney Needham, Basil Blackwell, 19724. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.