Buddhists believe that when someone dies, they will be reborn again as something else. What they are reborn as depends on their actions in their previous life (kamma). The cycle of rebirth is called samsara and it is an ongoing cycle of life, death and rebirth.

Humans go through an unknown number of cycles of rebirth over many lifetimes. Skilful actions lead to a good rebirth and unskilful actions lead to a bad rebirth. Through doing skilful actions in their life, a person can be reborn into one of the six realms:

Buddhists believe that the human realm is the best one to be in if they want to reach enlightenment. If they gain good kamma and follow the teachings of the Buddha, they will be reborn into a more preferable realm.