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Rebirth
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- 1AnattaThe idea of a permanent soul is rejected and a person is viewed as a moral being that is constantly changing.
- 2Quote to demonstrate the idea that there is no permanent self. (Questions of King Milinda)Elder: 'when you were a tiny infant, newly born and quite soft, were you the same as the one who is grown up?’
- 3Three Marks of ExistenceAnatta, Dukkha, Anicca
- 4Dukkha Definition (Siddartha Grautama)‘sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are Dukkha.’
- 5Anicca'This too shall pass'
- 6Story to demonstrate Anicca and DukkhaStory of the Mustard Seed
- 7Five SkhandahsRupa, Vedana, Sanna, Sankhara, Vinnana
- 8RupaThe physical part of us.
- 9VedanaFeelings and sensations we experience both physically and mentally (i.e. Pleasure and Pain)
- 10SannaPerceptions, How we view things (i.e making associations)
- 11SankharaMental formulations
- 12Sankhara quote (from dhammapada)‘Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox’
- 13VinnanaConsciousness/Awareness
- 14Five Skandahs Quote (Questions of King Milinda)‘where all constituent parts are present, the word ‘chariot’ is applied. So likewise where the skandahs are, the term a ‘being’ is commonly used.’
- 15SamsaraLiteral Translation: To Flow On
The Buddhist cyclical view of life. - 16Karma Karmic StoreKarma 'action'
Buddhists believe that any willed action or deed completed through our rupa (speech or body) or our sankhara (mind) has a karmic effect. - 17Nature of Rebirth AnalogyCandle Analogy
when the flame of one candle is used to light another it is not the same flame but it is not a different flame either. This shows that this is not a replica of one person being reborn but rather an essence of that person is passed on through rebirth. - 18(Noss Quote) Nature of RebirthNothing substantial passes over yet there is a definitive connection between one of the complex elements and the next.’
- 19Importance of human rebirth storyPrecious Rebirth Story
A human rebirth is less likely to occur then a ring being placed in the sea and a specific one-eyed turtle who only surfaces every 100 years to poke its head through this ring. - 20Three stages of Inner -Dissolution1 + 2 = pass whilst we are unaware
3 = The Bardo of Becoming - 21The Bardo of BecomingThe intermediate state that lies between death and rebirth
- 22'mental body'- memory of past karmic life fresh in mind
- immense clarity
-unlimited mobility
- size of 8-10 year old (Dzogchen) - 23Description of Bardo experience (Rinpoache)‘an entirely automatic or blind result of our previous actions or karma and nothing that occurs here is a conscious decision… of the being.’
- 24Rinpoache 2'we are simply buffeted around by the wind of karma'
- 25Tibetan Book of the Dead described motion of mental body from thoughts'like out of a catapult'
- 26Tibetan Book of the Dead; How to cope with the Bardo'Do not be distracted'
- 27Buddhist Chant (Practise for Bardo)'Nam Myoho Renge Kyo’
‘I devote myself to the lotus sutra.’ - 28Nibbana'Blowing out the flame'
Nirvana, Release from the cycle, End of Dukkha
Few achieve Nibbana.
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