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I believe that we reborn into a new physical body after death but with the same soul. Sometimes your soul can remember your past lives, such as my grandmother. When she was a little child, she remembered her past life and it was very accurate. It was so accurate that she went to her house where her past life lived and her past life family existed. She told them about her past life, how she had died of a fever and how her other brothers and sisters looked. When she went though, her brothers and sisters were already in their fifties and forties. (This was in Cambodia) When my grandma grew older, she couldn't really remember much of her past life anymore, but this makes me believe.

Also, some of my family members are like my grandmother, too.

I used to believe in Reincarnation, When I conbined Catholic with buddhist beliefs. It seemed like a fitting replacement for Judgment Day and Hell,Which I thought would take place much much later. I thought that I was a Christian or Ancient Egyptian Priest in my past life, That's why my Catholic Faith, Buddhism, Hinduism, Ancient Egyptian Beliefs were so amazeing to me. I still read about it from time to time, Though I feel it's impossble for a Christian to believe in Reincarnation ( Some do) I still believe in a type of Karma though, As ye sow, So shall ye reap. Thanks.

I'm a Buddhist who holds the traditional views on reincarnation/rebirth as stated by earlier posters: there is no eternal "soul" that corresponds with a set personality but a consciousness-stream is propelled by karma (cause-and-effect as related to perceptions, desires, and environmental factors) from one life to another while lacking a "self" of its own. I currently lean toward the Mind-Only/Yogacara interpretation of the mind as containing "Eight Consciousnesses,"* the 7th and 8th (Afflicting and Storehouse Consciousnesses, respectively) being the mediums by which "karmic seeds" can be passed from one life to another along the chain...this system is the most well-reasoned one I've come across so far...

*FYI: the other six consciousnesses are the five sense faculties and the "mental consciousness," the mind as we normally think of it. Whether the "sixth sense of equilibrium/balance" should be included as a consciousness in the Buddhist sense would make for an interesting discussion...

However, I'm also studying the Middle Way system within Buddhism that generally holds that true reality is beyond, and not necessarily a part of, the mind...I've yet to find Middle Way arguments persuasive enough for me to discard the Yogacarin views and various authorities have combined both philosophies within theirs...*brain hurting*...Either way, the Middle Way advocates do make a variety of good points and are well worth the read, if not the practice.

Basically, I think that there is no movement to speak of regarding the "mind core" of the dead individual, he/she/it's awareness simply seems to "attach itself" to that of a newly-born or conscious sentient being when there is really just a drastic alteration of consciousness/awareness of the deluded consciousness-stream. No physical medium is utilized and in fact there is likely no real physical medium ("external referent" in Buddhist-speak) to speak of ever; just information "being fed" to (though probably actually being self-generated by) the various levels in the hierarchy of awareness...Kind of like "the Matrix" except ALL levels of awareness is dream or illusion; there is no stable "Zion" beyond the veil, just the mysterious but blissful Buddha-Nature.

I think you're splitting hairs in defining "reincarnation" vs. "rebirth." They both almost literally mean the same thing and in a conventional sense they are the same: EITHER a soul or consciousness-stream returning to "the flesh" after the death of a previous "host." Buddhists argue against the existence of a soul whereas every other religion (to my knowledge) argues for some sort of soul, though some advanced Hindu sects teach of "souls" that are "faceless" on account of being mere particles of energy from the Godhead that will ultimately meld with Him or Her (roughly approximating the Buddhist concept of No-Soul when you ignore the theism).

Hindu views in these matters are particularly difficult to study based on the literature. The Bhagavad Gita, through the supposed words of Krishna-Vishnu, teaches of concepts similar to the Buddhist ones of No Soul and No Self, albeit with a simple theistic "have faith in Me and be saved" theme throughout. However, the Ramayana (an amusing but rather crude epic tale) depicts the dead as having literal ghostlike souls that speak, look like the slain individual, and "rise to the heavens!" The Ramayana is also said to contain teachings of Vishnu by way of the words and actions of Lord Rama.

Reincarnation just feels right to me

I think it's more figurative. I don't really believe that reincarnation is possible. I believe it's meant to be more towards changing personalities, the way one thinks and such.

While I can offer no new logic or arguments to this subject, I will declare that I believe in reincarnation in the traditional sense: I believe that I have a soul which will pass from this life, move into the In Between, and from thence move on to another life.
Will I have memories of this life as an infant in the next?
I don't know.
But I have had past lives, and will have another life. That I'm sure of.