Rebirth

In Buddhism, the idea of life and death can be summarised in a process called samsara (the cycle of existence or the wheel of life)

• The process of life and death is not linear: a person is born and lives, but upon death there is no sense of finality
• Most Western religions accept the final stage of judgement by a creator God, but there is no need for such an idea in Buddhism:  life simply changes at death and continues with a new life

The idea of reliving one's life in a cyclic existence is knwon as punabhava, which is referred to as rebirth

• Only when a person has followed the Eightfold Path to become an arhat is there …