"What is karma?"

Karma is another basic doctrine that assures reincarnation. Karma is essentially a "spiritual historian." The belief is that each person has a kind of spiritual record of all the good and all the evil he has done in every incarnation he has ever had.


"What is the relationship between karma and reincarnation?"

The religions that embrace the reincarnation teach that the historical karma follows from one life (reincarnation) to the next. Which body you take for your next incarnation depends on your overall history when you die. In other words, you may have a sick body, be poor, and be the victim of many violence in this life because you killed two people three years ago.

Reincarnation religions teach that incarnations are not confined to human bodies.

Reincarnation religions claim that a soul is not always reincarnated as a human being. In other words, if you are really horrible this time, the next time your soul can enter the body of a chicken, a dog, etc. Some versions believe that a reincarnation may not be an animal, eg. to reincarnate as a tree.


"What does the Bible say about reincarnation?"

The Bible does not explicitly speak of "reincarnation." However, it makes it clear that "you only go through life once."

Hebrews 9: 27-28 [27] Just as man intends to die once and after that to face the crisis, [28] Christ was sacrificed once to remove the sins of many people. and he will appear for the second time, not to bring sin, but to bring salvation to those who await him.