Entering heaven alive

[14] On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, acting ex cathedra, issued Munificentissimus Deus, an authoritative statement of official dogma of Roman Catholicism.

In Section 44 the pope stated:[9] By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.The doctrine is based on sacred tradition that Mary was bodily assumed into heaven.

The proclamation's wording does not state if Mary suffered bodily death before being assumed into heaven; this is left open to individual belief.

[18] Augustine of Hippo spoke against the tradition in his Treatises on the Gospel of John (AD 406–420), and Dante attempted to refute the belief in his Paradiso.

The church teaches that the Apostles received a revelation during which the Theotokos appeared to them and told them she had been resurrected by Jesus and taken body and soul into heaven.

In Mandaeism, the Left Ginza mentions that Shitil (Seth), the son of Adam, was taken alive to the World of Light without a masiqta (death mass).

The Qur'an, central religious text of Islam, teaches that Muhammad was transported from the Great Mosque of Mecca to Al-Aqsa during the Night Journey.

In the hadith, later collections of the reports, teachings, deeds and sayings of Muhammad, the Al-Aqsa Mosque was understood as relating to Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque, derived from the name mentioned in the Qur'an, was built on the Temple Mount under the Umayyads several decades after Muhammad's death to commemorate the place from which Muslims believe he had ascended to heaven.

Members of various Ascended Master Teachings, a group of New Age religions based on Theosophy, believe that Francis Bacon underwent a physical Ascension without experiencing death (he then became the deity St. Germain).

They also believe numerous others have undergone Ascension; they are called the Ascended Masters and act as spirit guides to human souls on their spiritual path.

Ascension of Jesus, by John Singleton Copley . Christians believe that Jesus ascended into heaven after his death on the cross and resurrection . In Islam, it is believed that he ascended to heaven without dying at all.
Yudhishthira is believed to ascend heaven alive in Mahabharata
Ascension Rock, inside the Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem) , is said to bear the imprint of Jesus' right foot as he left Earth and ascended into heaven.
Orthodox icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos (1392, Theophan the Greek )
Tukaram is said to have left for Vaikuntha , the heavenly abode of the god Vishnu at the end of his earthly life.
Two Islamic shrines on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem , the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock , are believed to be the location of Muhammad's ascension to heaven.