Virtual reincarnation

Virtual Reincarnation

A quiet field between lives. Six gates stand on the ring, one for each realm of the wheel, and a single clear light waits in the middle. Walk toward a gate and its colour finds you; walk back and the field returns to neutral.

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A walkable metaphor for the bardo

The bardo is the intermediate state described in Tibetan Buddhist teaching, a passage between one life and the next. This page does not simulate that passage and makes no claim about what follows death. It borrows the structure — a field, a wheel of six realms, and a light that is easy to leave and easy to return to — and turns it into a place you can walk through in a browser.

Everything you see is generated from geometry: dark stone, six coloured thresholds, drifting mist and a single warm light. There are no statues, inscriptions or figures, and nothing is unlocked, scored or saved. The realm cards use the same descriptions as the written guide on the past lives page, so the space and the reading do not contradict each other.

The six gates

Each gate holds one realm of the wheel. Approach it and the fog, the gate and the central light take on that realm’s colour; the card in the scene shows its karmic cause, its mind frequency and its traditional name. None of this is a verdict — it is a lens for looking at a state of mind.

Arrogance / Pure EnjoymentExtremely high pure yang bliss (falls when merit is exhausted)

Heavenly Realm (Deva Realm)

Arrogance / Pure Enjoyment

[Karmic Causes That Summon This Realm]

Observing the ten wholesome precepts, practicing extensive giving, and cultivating deep worldly meditative absorption, yet without severing subtle self-attachment and deep-rooted arrogance.

[Present-Life Mental Projection]

Extremely attached to comfort zones, with a strong sense of superiority; when everything goes smoothly, they become self-righteous, and once they encounter adversity, they easily collapse and fall.

Energy Frequency Status
Jealousy / Competitiveness and WrathPowerful Fire-Natured Strife (Wrath-Fire Scorching the Heart)

Asura Path (Asura Realm)

Jealousy / Competitiveness and Wrath

[Karmic Causes That Summon This Realm]

Although they often perform acts of giving and good deeds, their hearts are filled with intense hatred, competitiveness, love of grandiose achievements, inability to bear others being better than themselves, and a naturally suspicious and combative nature.

[Present-Life Mental Projection]

Fiercely competitive in the workplace, extremely sensitive to betrayal, suspicious and distrustful, viewing everyone around them as potential rivals, with an intense desire for control and vengeance.

Energy Frequency Status
Craving & Attachment / Five Precepts and Human EthicsMid-frequency, bittersweet (pivot of rebirth)

Human Path (Human Realm)

Craving & Attachment / Five Precepts and Human Ethics

[Karmic Causes That Summon This Realm]

Strictly observing the worldly Five Precepts and Ten Good Deeds (no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, no drinking alcohol), possessing both good and evil karma, with deep emotional attachments yet retaining the ability to be mindful and introspective.

[Present-Life Mental Projection]

It craves love, connection, and security, and is often torn between material cravings and noble aspirations toward goodness; thus it is most suited to cultivating the real through the illusory, breaking through hindrances, and awakening.

Energy Frequency Status
Ignorance / Torpid instinctDull, heavy, and dim instinct (at the mercy of being driven and slaughtered)

Animal Realm

Ignorance / Torpid instinct

[Karmic Causes That Summon This Realm]

Ignorance and delusion, refusing to repay debts, ingratitude, disbelief in the law of cause and effect, acting purely on physical survival and the instincts of food and lust.

[Present-Life Mental Projection]

Drifting with the current, lacking independent judgment, sluggish and dull-minded, extremely resistant to long-term growth, indulging in immediate physical desires and comfort.

Energy Frequency Status
Greed / Stinginess and DeprivationGloomy, cold, parched, and destitute (wanting but unable to obtain)

Hungry Ghost Realm (Preta Realm)

Greed / Stinginess and Deprivation

[Karmic Causes That Summon This Realm]

Extremely insatiable greed, miserly reluctance to part with possessions, and exploitation of the weak; despite having abundant wealth, they are unwilling to give even a penny, and their hearts are often filled with a severe sense of scarcity and anxiety.

[Present-Life Mental Projection]

A deep-seated “scarcity and deprivation” mentality, frantically hoarding goods or money, only taking in and never giving out, an emotionally demanding personality, and an inner heart that is never satisfied.

Energy Frequency Status
Extreme Wrath / Destructive VenomExtremely turbid, heavy, and scorching (pure suffering)

Hell Realm (Naraka Realm)

Extreme Wrath / Destructive Venom

[Karmic Causes That Summon This Realm]

Wanton slaughter and torment of living beings, brutal and callous, committing exceedingly heavy evil karma, while long harboring fierce, destructive venom, hatred, and murderous intent.

[Present-Life Mental Projection]

Often trapped in rage, self-destructive tendencies, extreme depression, and paranoia; the mind is tormented as if exposed to raging fire and freezing ice, building a personal prison of unrelenting suffering.

Energy Frequency Status

What you can do

Walk the field

Click the ground to move, drag to look around, or hold WASD or the arrow keys. On a phone, use the thumb-stick. The ring is open; nothing blocks the centre.

Approach a gate

Step toward any of the six gates. The scene shifts colour as you get closer, a single chime marks arrival, and the realm card opens with its cause and mind frequency.

Rest in the clear light

Return to the centre and click the light to sit for a while. A breathing ring keeps time without keeping score; rising ends it. Nothing is logged.

What this is, and what it is not

This is a contemplative 3D space, not a religious ritual, a judgment, a past-life reading or a claim about the afterlife. It does not tell you which realm you belong to, and it cannot. If you want an actual reading, the calculators and the written guide are linked below. If you want a quiet place to think about impermanence, the field is open.

Questions about the bardo

Is this a real bardo or a religious practice?+

Neither. It is a rendered metaphor inspired by the traditional image of the intermediate state. No ritual is performed, no entity is invoked, and nothing here is believed to affect a real rebirth.

Does the page tell me which realm I will be reborn into?+

No. The six gates are an explorable map of six states of mind, not a diagnosis. Approaching one changes the light and shows the traditional description; it does not assign you a realm or rank your karma.

Do I need an account, and is anything saved?+

No account and no storage. The scene runs entirely in the browser, position and realm are local state, and closing the tab ends the visit. There is no score, streak or history.

Will it run on my phone?+

It runs in any browser with WebGL. All geometry and textures are generated in the page rather than downloaded, so it is light; touch uses a thumb-stick and drag-to-look. Very old devices without WebGL will not render the field, but this text still reads normally.

Keep exploring

Past lives and reincarnation

The written guide to the six realms, karmic causes and the signs traditionally associated with past-life memory.

The six realms explained

A longer reference for each realm: its cause, its mind state and its place on the wheel.

Damo Palm calculator

The traditional one-palm method for tracing a past-life origin through the six realms.

Virtual Temple

A quiet timber hall with a garden, a Buddha on the altar and a bronze bell — the first space in the sanctum.

The field is open

There is no right way to walk it, no gate you are supposed to choose and no result at the end. Enter, look around, and leave when you are ready.

Enter the bardo