Rebirth
Buddhists believe that when someone dies, they will be reborn again as something else. What they are reborn as depends on their actions in their previous life (karma/kammaActions, and the consequences of actions. An important concept in Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism.). The cycle of rebirth is called samsaraIn Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism, this is the cycle of life, death and rebirth. and it is an ongoing cycle of life, death and rebirth.
Humans go through an unknown number of cycles of rebirth over many lifetimes. Skilful actions lead to a good rebirth and unskilful actions lead to a bad rebirth. Through doing skilful actions in their life, a person can be reborn into one of the six realms:
- the realm of the gods
- the realm of the angry gods
- the realm of the animals
- the realm of the tormented beings
- the realm of the hungry ghosts
- the realm of humans
Buddhists believe that the human realm is the best one to be in if they want to reach enlightenmentThe realisation of the truth about life. In Buddhism it releases a person from the cycle of rebirth.. If they gain good kamma and follow the teachings of the Buddha, they will be reborn into a more preferable realm.