We don't have "souls" we have a complex Neurological system. empathy for other mammals has driven us to overcome our natural instincts. (such as not murdering someone because you'd feel bad). Evolution plays a major factor in it as well as the social environment you were raised in.
Reincarnation is the belief that a soul or spirit can be reborn into a new physical body after death. This concept is often associated with certain religions and philosophies that posit a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth until an individual achieves spiritual enlightenment or liberation. Different cultures have varying interpretations and beliefs about reincarnation.
The belief that the soul and body can't be separated. The opposite, which is the belief that the soul and body are separate, is dualism.
The belief is not necessarily Chinese. The right word for this concept is Reincarnation.
It is called reincarnation.
Transmigration of the soul typically refers to the moving on of the soul after a person dies. It is often used in the context of reincarnation of the soul after death, as it moves from the deceased body into its new form. Not every culture or religious group believes in reincarnation, but most religious groups have a belief in the afterlife more generally.
reincarnation) n.1. Rebirth of the soul in another body.
One popular belief is that humans are essentially spiritual beings that have a soul in a physical body. In other words, this "soul" is the combiantion of mind, will, and emotions. This "spirit" with the "soul" inhabits the physical body.
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Probably not. You see if something dies, it's a common belief that their soul goes to heaven. Therefore, you're not eating its soul when its dead. :P
According to Hinduism after a person dies his soul takes another birth. This belief is called Reincarnation (punarjanma).
That means that we will somehow survive death. According to the belief of many religions, we have a body that dies, but we also have a part, called the soul, that will not die. In other religious traditions, it is the body itself that is reanimated at some later time (the "resurrection").
There is no doubting the reality that your body dies and that you go through the process of dying! The soul, however, lives on, but can no longer reside in the body.