Resurrection

upright=1.3|thumb|The Resurrection, painting by Andrea Mantegna, 1457–1459 thumb|A depiction of a Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix, a figure of revival thumb|Plaque depicting saints rising from the dead Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. This is quite different from reincarnation, a process involving a person or deity returning to life in a different body. The disappearance of a body is another similar but distinct belief in some religions.

Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. He is also popularly regarded as the founder of Shaolin kung fu, an idea popularized in the 20th century, but based on the 17th century Yijin Jing and the Daoist association of daoyin gymnastics with Bodhidharma.

subject of a prominent miracle of Jesus in the Gospel of John

Dorcas (), or Tabitha (), was an early disciple of Jesus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (, see discussion here). She lived in the port city of Joppa, today absorbed by Tel Aviv. Acts describes her as being known for her "good works and acts of mercy", sewing clothes for the poor. When she died, the widows of her community mourned her and sent urgently for Peter (), who was in nearby Lydda. As evidence of her charity, they showed him some of the clothes she had sewn, and according to the biblical account he raised her from the dead.

legendary couple of India

Eddic poem

miracle of Christ

resurrection by Jesus

Biblical episode and artistic theme

Two prophets in the Book of Revelation

American preacher (1752–1819)

thumb|Garshasp slays the dragon. Miniature from the Jainesque Shahnama. India, c. 1425-1450. [[Rietberg Museum]] thumb|Garshasp fighting cynocephaly|cynocephali (sagsār), who are using tree branches as weapons. Miniature by [[Sadiqi Beg from Garshasp-nama. Iran, 1573. British Library]]

thumb|200px|Paul raiseth Eutychus to life, from Figures de la Bible, 1728. __NOTOC__ Eutychus () was a young man (or a youth) of Troas tended to by St. Paul. Eutychus fell asleep due to the long nature of the discourse Paul was giving, fell from a window out of the three-story building, and died. Paul then embraced him, insisting that he was not dead, and they carried him back upstairs alive; those gathered then had a meal and a long talk which lasted until dawn. This is related in the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles 20:7–12.

all the dead who have ever lived will be resurrected

Jewish text written between 50BCE−70CE asserting bodily resurrection

In Persian and Zoroastrian legends, the mighty Gaokerena was a mythic Haoma plant that had healing properties and gave immortality to the resurrected bodies of the dead when eaten. It is also said to have the seeds of all trees on Earth and that the juice from its fruit gave the elixir of immortality. The name Gaokerena means "ox horn" or "cow ear". == Simurgh roosting on the tree ==

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Zhenzhou Puhua (Chinese: traditional: 鎮州普化, simplified: 普化, pinyin: Zhenzhou Pǔhuà; Japanese: Jinshu Fuke, honorifically Fuke Zenji (lit. "Zen master Fuke")—allegedly ca. 770–840 or 860), also called '''P'u-k'o, and best known by his Japanese name, Fuke', was a Chinese Chan (Zen) master, monk-priest, wanderer and eccentric, mentioned in the Record of Linji (臨剤録, C. Linji lu, J. Rinzai roku). Fuke was used to create a legend for the komusō samurai-monks that appeared in Edo-period Japan. They used their self-named Fuke Zen to establish a constructed connection to Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism in