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transmigration

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The act of passing from one country to another; migration.

The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Pythagoras used to say that he had received as a gift from Mercury the perpetual transmigration of his soul, so that it was constantly transmigrating and passing into all sorts of plants or animals. Diogenes Laërtius

As long as a man has desires there is no end to his transmigration. It is the desires alone that make him take one body after another. There will be rebirth for a man if he has even the desire to eat a piece of candy. Sarada Devi

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth. Franz Kafka

The doctrine of the transmigration of souls was indigenous to India and was brought into Greece by Pythagoras. Friedrich Schlegel

Most of the inhabitants of Hindustan are pagans ; they call a pagan a Hindu. Most Hindus believe in the transmigration of souls. All artisans, wage-earners, and officials are Hindus. Babur

There is no transmigration of souls, in which the entire personality of a person comes back as an animal. Robert Butts

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