rebirth

Posts related to rebirth, or how sentient beings go from one birth to another through the force of their karma. Sentient beings take rebirth after rebirth until attaining liberation from cyclic existence.

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Meditation

Developing equanimity

How to meditate on equanimity as the prelude to developing loving kindness and compassion.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Six sources

Teaching from Chapter 7, explaining name and form in Pali tradition and describing the fifth…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Name and form

Teaching from Chapter 7, covering the third link according to the Pali tradition and explaining…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Consciousness

Teaching from Chapter 7, explaining the third link of the twelve links of dependent origination,…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Formative action

Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, explaining formative action, the second of the twelve links of…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Fetters and pollutants

Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, covering the fetters and pollutants as described in the Pali…

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2021

Medicine Buddha retreat: Questions and answers

Responses to questions on the Medicine Buddha practice and Dharma practice topics, including rebirth, mantras,…

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

Preparing for death

Various spiritual practices to help us prepare for our own and others' death.

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

Rebirth and the uncertainty of the time of death

Evidence supporting rebirth, and instruction on the second root of the nine-point death meditation—that the…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Kinds of duhkha

Continuing the teachings from Chapter 2, explaining eight unsatisfactory conditions and describing characteristics of true…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Types of duhkha

Continuing Chapter 2, covering the sections “Three Types of Duhkha”, “Feelings, Afflictions and Duhkha”, and…

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Realms of existence

Continuing Chapter 2, describing different realms where beings are reborn, causes for the rebirth and…

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