How Rebirth Works
How does rebirth work, and who gets reborn? Learn more about the Buddhist concept of rebirth.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Mind and rebirth
Using reasoning to establish confidence in the continuity of the mind and rebirth. How to…
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Rebirth and impermanence
What exactly is it that goes from life to life? How is it that everyone…
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Some questions on rebirth
Responses to questions about rebirth from participants of the SAFE (Sravasti Abbey Friends Education) program.
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) Sutra in response to a query over what happens after...
What are the causes and actions for next life? The concept of rebirth explained through…
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Rebirth and karma
Understanding rebirth and its relationship to karma, and taking responsibility for our lives.
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How rebirth works
The benefit of contemplating the possibility of rebirth in the lower realms and how our…
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Rebirth and karma
Role of belief in rebirth and karma for practice and progress on the path.
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Rebirth, karma and emptiness
The relationship between the body and mind according to the Buddhist worldview, and an introduction…
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Rebirth: A difficult point for Westerners
Developing faith in the Buddhist view of continuation of life and guiding oneself with positive…
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Rebirth: Is it really possible?
Examining one of the key concepts in the Buddhist worldview, which is that we are…
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Disintegratedness of actions and rebirth
How karmic seeds and the disintegratedness of actions go from one life to the next…
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Mind, rebirth, and liberation
What happens to the mindstream continuum after death and the causes and conditions that influence…
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