noun
definition
Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
definition
Revival, reinvigoration.
definition
Spiritual renewal.
verb
definition
To cause to be born again or spiritually renewed.
Examples of rebirth in a Sentence
This is the symbol of p baptism as rebirth as children of Light.
Only the vicissitudes of life can show us its vanity and develop our innate love of death or of rebirth to a new life.
Not beliefs, he said, but believers need rebirth.
In the most developed forms, such as the offering of soma, they assumed a great importance; (r) the sacrificer had to pass from the world of man into a world of the gods; consequently he was separated from the common herd of mankind and purified; he underwent ceremonies emblematic of rebirth and was then subject to numberless taboos imposed for the purpose of maintaining his ceremonial purity.
And sacramentalism informs the great discourses concerning rebirth by water and the spirit, and feeding on the Living Bread, Jesus' flesh and blood, and the narrative of the issue of blood and water from the dead Jesus' side.
We must have a spiritual rebirth in order to be redeemed by God the Spirit.
And this food is called by us Eucharistia, and of it none may partake save those who believe our teachings to be true and have been washed in the bath which is for remission of sin and rebirth, and who so live as We should probably omit the words bracketed.
When the hotel opened exactly one year after the earthquake, it symbolized the rebirth of San Francisco.
Indeed so severe a stress is laid upon the explicitly Christian life and its specific means, that orthodoxy itself interprets the rebirth by water and spirit, and the eating the flesh and drinking the blood to which entrance into the Kingdom and possession of interior life are here exclusively attached, as often represented by a simple sincere desire and will for spiritual purification and a keen hunger and thirst for God's aid, together with such cultual acts as such souls can know or find, even without any knowledge of the Christian rites.
Now the older school also held, in the first place, that, when a man had, in this life, attained to Arahatship, his karma would not pass on to any other individual in another life - or in other words, that after Arahatship there would be no rebirth; and, secondly, that four thousand years after the Buddha had proclaimed the Dhamma or doctrine of Arahatship, his teaching would have died away, and another Buddha would be required to bring mankind once more to a knowledge of the truth.
It is laid into the ground to await the rebirth of the person into the next life.
The descent of the priest into the sacrificial foss symbolized the death of Attis, the withering of the vegetation of Mother Earth; his bath of blood and emergence the restoration of Attis, the rebirth of vegetation.
By the end of the chain of events that led to Past-Death's rebirth in Hell, Deidre was near tears, hating herself and the woman who destroyed the worlds of all three of them.
After all, one who has attained rebirth in the Pure Land at whatever level has achieved freedom from further rebirth in saṃsāra.
Easter approaches and for many the festival is about celebrating the rebirth of Christ.
The future may witness the rebirth of the Arab Museum magazine.
On Christmas Day morning the log was replaced by a young fir tree to represent rebirth.
The result of akusala kamma of a lesser degree conditions rebirth in other unhappy planes, such as the animal world.
However, even for such a person there may be an unhappy rebirth.
However, for such a person there is also a possibility of a happy rebirth.
When engaging with Zulu society, the theme of the nation was in focus, in the shape of a metaphor of national rebirth.
He is freed from the chain of causal action, there is no more rebirth for him.
The continuous cycle of birth, growth, death and rebirth is called samsara.
August -- Barley Moon Persephone, virgin Goddess of rebirth, carries a sheaf of barley as a symbol of the harvest.
What is the point of making the old ego subconscious at the moment of rebirth?
The life of a recluse is held to be the most conducive to that state of sweet serenity at which the more ardent disciples aim; but that of a layman, of a believing householder, is held in high honour; and a believer who does not as yet feel himself able or willing to cast off the ties of home or of business, may yet "enter the paths," and by a life of rectitude and kindness ensure for himself a rebirth under more favourable conditions for his growth in holiness.
In the cycle of the zodiac, the annual rebirth of the sun takes place at the winter solstice.
The SKM in Zululand and Sweden wrote about the rebirth of a nation.
The ISM can be proud of the central role we have played in the rebirth of the socialist movement in Scotland.
Karen 's dreamlike prints were inspired by the birth of her grandchild and the rebirth of nature.
More important, however, is the rebirth of interest to assess and then take action to end trachoma as a cause of blindness.
You represent transformation, rebirth of a new life.
Thus, rebirth in a sensuous plane is more likely.
This most wondrous of mornings promises a rebirth, the reincarnation of a soul whose life will end his waiting.
To my 21st century Catholic eyes it looks like nothing so much as a symbol of rebirth and resurrection.
He has no more conditions to commit evil deeds leading to an unhappy rebirth.
The cause for rebirth into these various realms the Buddha locates in kamma, our own willed actions.
In fact, this cool-weather accessory is enjoying a rebirth much like when they were first popular in the 1980s.
Options such as yoga, spa services and massage therapy can be part of a complete recuperation and rebirth process as a woman embraces herself without the addiction for the first time.
This look may have been deemed 'country bumpkin' in the past; however, the 21st century has seen the rebirth of this look as a fashion statement that's fresh and fun.
More than three billion dollars in new investment has been poured into the rebirth of downtown Spokane.
Chicago's South Loop has enjoyed a rebirth.
For many people, death dreams are not a bad thing and could indicate a rebirth or a change.
In Tales of Symphonia, you play as a team of kids who are out to create the rebirth cycle, bringing balance to the ever-depleting source of mana that Sylverant has thrived on for as long as the world has existed.
These two growers began the rebirth of the Seneca Lake wine region and were instrumental in its success today.
However, by the end of the war and the beginning of an economic rebound, motor home sales saw a rebirth, and the company began production again.
It has long been observed by ancient cultures as a time of rebirth and feasting.
The Spiral of Life The Spiral of Life is representative of the cycle of life, death and rebirth.
In polite astrological circles, we often refer to the eight house as the house of rebirth and other people's money.
If this prophecy is true, it means a time of transformation or rebirth.