What is Soul?
[[File:SoulCarriedtoHeaven.jpg|thumb|Soul carried to Heaven by William Bouguereau]] {{for|the music genre|Soul music}} Many [[philosophy|philosophies]] and [[religion]]s say that a '''soul''' is a [[supernatural]] essence of a [[life|living]] [[human being]] that lives after [[human death|death]]. It is usually said to be [[immortal]]. It cannot be discovered by science, because it cannot be tested in any controlled way. Many different opinions exist as to what happens to personal [[experience]] after death. [[Reincarnation]] is a belief that after the body dies, the soul will be born again in another body. It is important to [[Hinduism]]. [[Buddhist]]s understand the idea of an eternal soul, and the idea of simple annihilation as delusion; they say that there is no unchanging, permanent self, soul or essence in phenomena. Buddhists believe in [[transmigration]], or [[rebirth]] in samsara or other [[planes of existence]], based on how they understand kamma (Pāli; karma in Sanskrit), and nibbana (nirvana in Sanskrit) for Enlightened ones. In [[Jainism]] the soul is sometimes called jiva.<ref>Jagmanderlal Jaini. [https://books.google.com/books?id=B7sKgdtJcisC&q=jiva#v=onepage&q=jiva%20soul%2084&f=false Outlines of Jainism]. (2013). Page 84. Cambridge University Press.</ref> [[Resurrection]] is the Christian belief that a soul returns in the same body. In most Christian denomination this was realized in Jesus Christ but is also the promise for all souls; see [[heaven]], [[hell]], and [[Final Judgement]]. Most [[Atheism|atheists]] say that there is no such thing as a soul, and that the body is the only part of a person. == Popular culture == In popular culture, soul usually means deep feeling and commitment. It is in this sense that the word appears in the term [[soul music]]. However that music was also influenced by [[gospel music]] which was religious. One popular idea about souls that is easy to express, is that a person ''is'' a soul, and ''has'' a body.<ref>Miller, Walter M. Jr. (1960). ''A Canticle for