Incarnation
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Template:Wiktionary Incarnation, which literally means enfleshment, refers to the conception, and live birth of a sentient creature (generally human) who is the material manifestation of an entity or force whose original nature is immaterial. Incarnation should be carefully distinguished from the phenomenon of apotheosis, which is the temporary manifestation of a divine or archetypal force, entity or energy within and through a human being during the course of ritual, religious exercise, meditation, or other spiritual activities.
While Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism are perhaps the most widely-known traditions to employ this concept within the context of their respective belief systems, they are by no means the only ones to do so.
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Ayyavazhi
In Akilattirattu Ammanai the holy script of Ayyavazhi, the events are split into three sections.They are Pre-Incarnational Events, Incarnation, and Post-Incarnational Events. Here Incarnation represents the event of transformation of Muthukutty's soul and Lord Narayana incarnated as Ayya Vaikundar in the sea.
Buddhism
In the Buddhist tradition, an incarnation is a person believed to be the next rebirth of someone deceased, in most cases a lama or other important master/teacher. This concept differs however from reincarnation, since Buddhist teachings imply that there is no fixed soul that could move from one life to another.
See also: Rebirth (Buddhist)
Christianity
Template:Main The doctrine of the Incarnation of Christ is central to the traditional Christian faith as held by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and most Protestants. Briefly, it is the belief that the Second Person of the Christian Godhead, also known as the Son or the Logos (Word), "became flesh" when he was miraculously conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary. In the Incarnation, the divine nature of the Son was perfectly united with human nature in one divine Person. This person, Jesus Christ, was both truly God and truly man.
Hinduism
For discussion of the incarnation concept in Hinduism, see avatar.
Rastafari
For the Rastafari movement, Haile Selassie is God incarnate in flesh, much in the same way as seen by Christians with Jesus, and dealing with the same problem of how someone can be human and God at the same time for Rastas Selassie is a reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
External links
- An Animation Based on Ten Incarnations of Hindu Lord Vishnu
- On the Incarnation by Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
- Article on Incarnation in Rastafarida:Inkarnation
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