The theory of rebirths, and realms in which these rebirths can occur, is extensively developed in

Buddhism, in particular Tibetan Buddhism with its wheel of existence (Bhavacakra) doctrine.[88]
Liberation from this cycle of existence, Nirvana, has been the foundation and the most important
historical justification of Buddhism.[91][92]

The later Buddhist texts assert that rebirth can occur in six realms of existence, namely three
good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, hungry ghosts, hellish).
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Samsara ends if a person attains nirvana, the "blowing out" of the desires and the gaining of
true insight into impermanence and non-self reality.[94][95][96]

Rebirth

Gautama's cremation site, Ramabhar Stupa in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Main article: Rebirth (Buddhism)

Rebirth refers to a process whereby beings go through a succession of lifetimes as one of many
possible forms of sentient life, each running from conception to death.[97] In Buddhist thought,
this rebirth does not involve any soul, because of its doctrine of anatt (Sanskrit: antman, no-
self doctrine) which rejects the concepts of a permanent self or an unchanging, eternal soul, as it
is called in Hinduism and Christianity.[98] According to Buddhism there ultimately is no such
thing as a self in any being or any essence in any thing.[99]