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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rebirth (Buddhist)
		One school that adopted this view was the Sarvāstivāda, who believed that between death and rebirth there is a sort of limbo in which beings do not yet reap the consequences of their previous actions but in which they may still influence their rebirth.
		The aim of the Buddhist path is liberation from suffering, and the Buddha makes it abundantly clear that the suffering from which liberation is needed is the suffering of bondage to samsara, the round of repeated birth and death.
		However, to downplay the doctrine of rebirth and explain the entire import of the Dhamma as the amelioration of mental suffering through enhanced self-awareness is to deprive the Dhamma of those wider perspectives from which it derives its full breadth and profundity.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rebirth-%28Buddhist%29 (992 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rebirth (Buddhism)
		Rebirth in Buddhism is the doctrine that the consciousness of a person (as conventionally regarded), upon the death or dissolution of the aggregates (skandhas) which make up that person, becomes one of the contributing causes for the arising of a new group of skandhas which may again be conventionally considered a person or individual.
		The type of rebirth that arises at the end of one life is conditioned by the karmas (actions of body, speech and mind) of the previous life; good karmas will yield a happier rebirth, bad karmas will produce one which is more unhappy.
		Buddhist meditation teachers suggest that through careful observation of the mind, it is possible to see consciousness as being a sequence of conscious moments rather than a continuum of awareness.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rebirth_%28Buddhist%29 (1754 words)

	Buddhist Studies: Rebirth
		Buddhism teaches that when a person dies they are reborn and that this process of death and rebirth will continue until Nirvana is attained.
		Critics of the Buddhist doctrine of rebirth say that if there is no soul, only a changing stream of mental energy, then there could be no identity and thus to talk of a person being reborn or experiencing the results of good or bad actions done in the past, is meaningless.
		The doctrine of rebirth is an integral part of the earliest records of the Buddha's teachings as preserved in the Pali Tipitaka and there is no evidence that it is a later interpolation.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/dharmadata/fdd47.htm (565 words)

	ON REBIRTH: Buddhism and Reincarnation
		Hence, the Buddhist wants to say, the relationship between the one who dies and the rebirth is one of 'neither the same nor different'.
		Of course, one Buddhist response would be to say that it is an example of the very egoism one is trying to escape to be concerned whether the rebirth will be oneself or not.
		To point out that 'my' rebirth involves among other things the destruction of everything that counts as me would have been seen simply as emphasising how horrible rebirth is, and the need to escape from it through spiritual liberation, nirvana.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/bodhisattva/rebirth.html (2758 words)

	Buddhism / rebirth (buddhist) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Buddhist traditions seem to accept some notion of rebirth, there is no unified view about precisely how events unfold after the moment of death.
		Buddhist meditation teachers suggest that through careful observation of the mind, it is possible to see consciousness as being a sequence of conscious moments rather a continuum of awareness.
		Clearly this explanation of rebirth is wholly divorced from rebirth which may follow bodily death and it is possible for a Buddhist to believe in either, both or neither definition.
	www.buddhism-guide.com /buddhism/rebirth_(buddhist).htm (1392 words)

	Rebirth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rebirth is where streams of consciousness composed of aggregates called skandha causes a new form to emerge, and would continue as long as those aggregates abide in ignorance or avidya, which is the root cause of existence.
		The type of rebirth that arises at the end of one life is conditioned by the karmas (actions of body, speech and mind) of the previous life; good karmas will yield a happier rebirth, bad karmas will produce one which is more unhappy.
		A rebirth, that is, the state one is born into, is referred to as jati, i.e.
	buddhism.2be.net /Rebirth (1146 words)

	The Berzin Archives - Basic Questions about Karma and Rebirth
		Rebirth is very hard to prove by means of straightforward sense perception, although there is a story about one Buddhist teacher long ago in India who died, was reborn and then said, "Here I am again," in order to demonstrate to the king that rebirth exists.
		Rebirth is not like the analogy of a little statue sitting on a conveyor belt, going from one life to the next.
		Buddhists are brave and willing to enter into these discussions with scientists and to face the various popular issues in the modern world.
	www.berzinarchives.com /sutra/sutra_level_1/basic_question_karma_rebirth.html (5038 words)

	Buddhist View on Death and Rebirth
		Buddhist clergy often remind their followers about closeness of death, emphasize the importance in getting to know death and take time to prepare for their own demise.
		A dying Buddhist person is likely to request the service of a monk or nun in their particular tradition to assist in this process further, making the transitional experience of death as peaceful and free of fear as can be possibly achieved.
		Buddhists believe that we can actively assist and bring relief to the dying members through assisting the dying through the process of dying.
	www.urbandharma.org /udharma5/viewdeath.html (2117 words)

	Buddhist afterlife beliefs
		The purpose behind the Buddhist bardo states after death is to provide the dying an opportunity to become enlightened and attain Buddha-hood, or if enlightenment is not attained, to secure a favorable rebirth.
		Buddhists refer to this light as the "Clear White Light" and the Tibetan Book of the Dead's description of it is remarkably similar to the Being of light in near-death experiences.
		Buddhists believe this light to be the light from all the enlightened ones which is indistinguishable from true essence of everyone.
	www.near-death.com /experiences/buddhism04.html (1074 words)

	Dhamma Without Rebirth?
		He has also shown that the primary danger in the defilements is their causal role in sustaining the round of rebirths.
		Though contemplating the moment is the key to the development of insight meditation, it would be an erroneous extreme to hold that the practice of Dhamma consists wholly in maintaining mindfulness of the present.
		To take full cognizance of the principle of rebirth will give us that panoramic perspective from which we can survey our lives in their broader context and total network of relationships.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /lib/authors/bodhi/bps-essay_06.html (702 words)

	Journal of Buddhist Ethics
		Following this survey of traditional perspectives, attention is turned for the greater part of the paper to a consideration of the relevance of the notion of karmic rebirth for Buddhist ethics in the West.
		The conclusion is that a doctrine of karmic rebirth is not essential to a viable and authentic Buddhist ethic in the West.
		This basic belief in the perpetual rebirth of the individual as determined by past karmic merit/demerit, until and unless nirvanic salvation be achieved, seems to have remained firmly in place in most of Asian Buddhism, Theravāda or Mahāyāna.
	www.buddhistethics.org /1/king1.html (4267 words)

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		This new bodhisattvic Buddhist then vows that even when on the verge of final nirvanic enlightenment (release from samsaric rebirth) he/she will not enter into final release from the cycles of rebirth until all other beings have attained their release.
		Karmically qualified rebirth may be the taken-for-granted belief in such meditation-centered groups as Insight Meditation and the U Ba Khin (Burmese) oriented movements, but such a belief is not urged upon beginners nor does it appear in their publications to any observable degree.
		Perhaps the right Buddhist attitude for modern Buddhists in the West is, as many Western-born Buddhists would see it, that of a watchful awareness of one's own inwardness, nourished by meditation, and appropriate outward activity according to Buddhist principles.
	www.quangduc.com /English/Ethics/20.buddhistkarma.html (4391 words)

	Karma and Rebirth : free buddhist audio
		Karma and rebirth are two of the most widely known teachings connected with Indian spiritual and philosophical teaching, yet they are often profoundly misunderstood.
		This is an excellent introduction to the Buddhist perspective.
		The general Buddhist teaching on karma and rebirth: karma as a form of the universal principle of conditionality (16:05)
	freebuddhistaudio.com /talks/details?num=32&c=p (204 words)

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		It is believed that Buddha attained "Mahapari-Nirvana"; release from the endless cycle of birth and rebirth, at Kushinagar.
		Lumbini is the most sacred spot for the Buddhist as at this place Lord Buddha was born some 25 centuries ago.
		It is a piece of heaven on earth and one could see the snowy mountains amidst a splendid garden-embedded with stupas and monasteries.
	www.all-india-vacations-holidays.com /buddhist-pilgrimage-tour (842 words)

	Buddhist Recovery : Do ideas like ‘rebirth’ present an obstacle for you?
		I recently spoke to someone who had been in a similar situation, but for whom the idea of rebirth presented such an obstacle that his exploration had been de-railed.
		The first point to stress in this regard is that the Buddha encouraged his followers not to take anything he said on authority, but to discover the truth of his teaching through their own experience.
		Batchelor is a respected Buddhist scholar and former monk, who in this book and since its publication, has spoken eloquently of the agnostic position, which he bases scripturally on the above passages (see excerpts from the book below).
	www.buddhistrecovery.com /rebirth.htm (372 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Rebirth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pure Land schools believe that rebirth in the Western Paradise (the Pure Land) is given to all those who invoke Amitabha's name with sincere devotion.
		Project Rebirth Is Web Site of the Week; Designed by IconNicholson, Web site pushes interactive techniques and technology to bring reconstruction progress to the public.
		Death and rebirth at Copan; an ancient Maya city enters its scientific afterlife.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Rebirth&StartAt=21 (789 words)

	Awareness is Everything: Buddhist Views on Death and the Afterlife
		This is partly due to the fact that most Buddhists realize that a person's choice of religion is not as important as the strength of their faith.
		While the concept of rebirth is common among all Buddhist traditions, there is some discrepancy as to the actual route that is taken to the next life.
		Death and rebirth, in the form of conception, follow each other without interruption." There is no intermediate stage between the separation of the five aggregates, and their reformation in the next existence.
	www.mythicarts.com /writing/Buddhist_Awareness.htm (2367 words)

	Death and Rebirth
		The human rebirth is often called precious in Buddhism, as one has unique possibilities to free oneself from the cycle of rebirth.
		The 8 leisures are freedom from: rebirth as hell-being, preta, animal, demigod or god, incomplete organs, having done the 5 heinous crimes, and having no views opposite to 3 jewels of refuge.
		A good article called Tulkus: Masters of Reincarnation, describing the controlled rebirth of teachers as is quite common in Tibetan Buddhism.
	buddhism.kalachakranet.org /rebirth_reincarnation.html (3375 words)

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		The foremost cause of rebirth as a hungry ghost is avarice and miserliness born of attachment and greed.
		Because of this rampant jealousy and conflict, rebirth among the demigods is unhappy and unfortunate.
		Even rebirth in the realms of the demigods and gods is undesirable because, although one experiences a certain degree of happiness and power among them, existence there is impermanent.
	www.ecst.csuchico.edu /~dsantina/tree/ch9.txt (3378 words)

	Dark Zen - Karma and Rebirth Q & A
		Jayatilleke pointed out in his book, _Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge_, that it is false to conjecture that rebirth was generally accepted in India during the Buddha’s time.
		Maybe this is the true meaning behind the Buddhist idea of a conservatory of consciousness which perhaps mediates between discontinuous phenomenal events.
		It must be borne in mind that rebirth and karma are integral to Buddhism.
	www.darkzen.com /teachings/karma_rebirth.htm (1414 words)

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		The Buddhist Rebirth concept is believed by many to be an ancient Indic doctrine that The Buddha embodied into his own teachings in a modified form; however this is probably not the case.
		Rebirth, under Buddhism, is a corollary of Karma and the resulting Karmic energy that manifests itself as an impersonal stream of consciousness that is in a constant state of flux.
		Rebirth is distinguished from Reincarnation since under the Buddhist concept one may be reborn into the kingdom of man, animal or the sea in any creature form - or in a state of formlessness on one of the many planes of existence.
	www.khumbala.net /Buddhism/2389.shtml (1234 words)

	Wheel of Life (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As dismal as the situation may appear at first glance, in each of the realms is depicted a symbol of the dharma providing the opportunity for liberation from the repetitious situation known as samsara.
		Buddhists believe that it is the human experience of existence that provides the best opportunity for enlightenment, liberation [Skt.
		It is said that, just as a painter can paint a portrait of a demon and then be terrified by it, so unenlightened beings paint a picture of the six realms of samsara and then are tormented and terrified by that picture.
	www.khandro.net /doctrine_rebirth.htm (1738 words)

	1995 Gonda Lecture
		Rebirth eschatologies are not unique to India as many Indologists and intellectuals assume, but are found scattered in other parts of the world.
		The complex Buddhist doctrines of karma and rebirth came into being during the ethicization of these rebirth eschatologies, a process whereby a morally right or wrong action becomes a religiously right or wrong action that in turn affects a person's destiny after death.
		His conclusion is that rebirth eschatologies which are closest to the Buddhist, are found in the vast circumpolar belt, particularly among Northwest Coast Indians and the Inuit or Eskimo.
	www.iias.nl /iiasn/iiasn7/south/gonda.html (751 words)

	UU Sangha, Winter 2002
		Early Buddhist scriptures like the Udana see nirvana as an absolute in the highest sense: it is not born or composed, it is irreducible, inexpressible and beyond all human experience.
		I would say that in the early Buddhist experience, nirvana is the ending of the cycle of unhappiness by the extinction of desire, hatred and delusion.
		Ultimately, whether rebirth is a scientific or metaphoric reality, this view of universal compassion and co-identity is one that we can learn a lot from on the path to awakening.
	www.uua.org /uubf/sangv6n1.htm (4339 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> One Life..........or Many............
		I appreciate that "rebirth" forms in some ways an indispensable background to the Buddhist cosmology.................I am just interested in how others feel that an explicit and self-conscious belief in "rebirth" actually contributes to their faith/practice/understanding.................as opposed to a "one life scenario".
		Also I will grant that a notion of rebirth is not completely necessary for the acceptance of various Buddhist principles such as the 10 perfections, they, I think, can be accepted on their own merit.
		One is mental, which means the birth of the ego, constant rebirth into the realm(mental) of samsara, entering nirvana is not being phsyicaly transported into another physical realm, but to remain here on earth, with a body and a brain.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=8643 (2873 words)

	The Berzin Archives - "Dharma-Lite" Versus " - Dharma"
		Even if traditional Buddhist seekers do not have a deep understanding of what takes rebirth or how rebirth works, still they have grown up with the idea of rebirth as a cultural given.
		Thus, it is clearly evident that rebirth is a cornerstone for a large and crucial portion of the Dharma teachings.
		We may practice it with acknowledgment of the importance of rebirth in Buddhism and the sincere intention to study the accurate teachings on it.
	www.berzinarchives.com /sutra/sutra_level_1/dharma_lite.html (749 words)

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		Buddhist pictures tend to be rather different, as when Nagasena in the Milindapanha pictures rebirth as the lighting of one candle from another, or the growth of a new mango tree from the seed of the old.
		In some Buddhist traditions one is encouraged to picture all sentient beings as having been one’s mother in countless pervious existences, thus weakening the sense that any other person is fundamentally alien to us.
		Rebirth, on the other hand, is a central theme, from which it follows that rebirth in Buddhism is at best only loosely connected with the far memory phenomenon.
	www.dwelling.me.uk /WittRebirth.htm (2724 words)

	Karma and rebirth
		Since all Buddhist ethical guidelines are founded on the principle that one ought to avoid causing harm to anyone anywhere, it is very important to reflect on the possible consequences of every thought that arises in one's mind.
		Buddhists of the present age should (as I have argued before) take advantage of the myths of the present age and use them to help bring people to the stage where they no longer require myths at all.
		Some have taken the rebirth story as a literal truth, others as a myth that breaks down when it is closely examined, some as a doctrine that is essential to Buddhism, others as piece of Indian cultural baggage that had no real place in other cultures.
	home.comcast.net /~dayamati/karma.html (6928 words)

	REBIRTH - Bhikkhu Bodhi
		The doctrine of rebirth as understood in Hinduism involves a permanent soul, a conscious entity which transmigrates from one body to another.
		Buddhism sees rebirth not as the transmigration of a conscious entity but as the repeated occurrence of the process of existence.
		Kamma is the factor which determines the specific form of rebirth and it is Kamma again which determines a good number of the experiences we undergo in the course of our life.
	www.budsas.org /ebud/ebdha058.htm (1946 words)

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