Siddhartha Gautama accepted the idea of reincarnation and rejected what idea?

Answer 1

Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, accepted the idea of reincarnation, which is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth influenced by one's actions (karma). However, he rejected the notion of a permanent, unchanging self (atman) that persists through these cycles. Instead, he taught the concept of anatta, or non-self, emphasizing that what we consider the self is actually a collection of changing phenomena. This view underpins his teachings on the impermanence of existence and the path to enlightenment.