Looking at rebirth

Looking at rebirth

Part of a series of teachings on The Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience, a lamrim text by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen, the first Panchen Lama.

  • An explanation of rebirth is given to prepare for the section on precious human rebirth
  • How the continuity of the mind has taken rebirths in the past and will take rebirth in the future
  • Rebirth in non-human realms and the causes for their result

Easy Path 06: Rebirth (download)

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.

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