When i read the comments posted in this thread, i felt nepali intelectuals ( I feel most of the people here in sajha are intelectuals) never enter in the realm of critical thinking. Some body asks "do u believe in reincarnation", and there comes flood of openions. No one raise the question what exactly is reincarnation? What is it that get reincarnate? We are nothing but associations, identifications, ideas, openions and so on which form a reality for us. We as a person which we feel as I or me with a continuity that we identify and recongnise is always within  this reality.  This reality is made, enhanced and nourished according to ones environement, personal inclination,  and so on. In this sense reality is not absolute. Now the question is does this reality reincranet? That is to say, does greed reincarnet? In simple form, does my last name reincarnate? Is it yr question? Now for the question is what is beyond reality? Is there any thing that is independent of this reality? If there is something independent of reality (remeber brith and death falls within my reality) then what is the  meaning of reincarnation? I really dont get any thing beyond this point.