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Buddhism teaches that there is no soul.
So, what is reborn?
I googled but am still confused.
So, what is reborn?
I googled but am still confused.
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Here, I hope this helps:Buddhism teaches that there is no soul.
So, what is reborn?
I googled but am still confused.
So true.Note that trying to compare ideas between different religious backgrounds is often difficult and misleading.
I had problems too. I read about Buddhism conceptually and I just couldn't wrap my head around it. Then I read the story of Siddartha's life and his experiences, and then it all made sense. My brain often needs to see the practical to make sense of abstractions.So true.
I remember when I first started studying Buddhism a few decades ago how difficult it was to get off my own Abrahamic paradigm so as to get into the eastern paradigms. The irony is that I find the latter more logical in their orientation, especially Buddhism. The Catholic monk Thomas Merton said that his studying and meditating with Buddhist monks made him a better Catholic.
Yes, and in my case, I can use this analogy: It's like trying to retrain an old dog.I had problems too. I read about Buddhism conceptually and I just couldn't wrap my head around it. Then I read the story of Siddartha's life and his experiences, and then it all made sense. My brain often needs to see the practical to make sense of abstractions.
Good question. Nothing is reborn. According to Buddhism (Co-dependent origination).Buddhism teaches that there is no soul.
So, what is reborn?
I googled but am still confused.
Jes passin through.Good question. Nothing is reborn. 'According to Buddhism (Co-dependent origination).
When things happen to come together, forms are born.
'Karmas' continue (i.e., effect of peoples' actions even after they are no more).
The pattern is reborn.Buddhism teaches that there is no soul.
So, what is reborn?
I googled but am still confused.
Exactly. Nothing is really ever born, nor nothing ever dies.Good question. Nothing is reborn. 'According to Buddhism (Co-dependent origination).
When things happen to come together, forms are born.
'Karmas' continue (i.e., effect of peoples' actions even after they are no more).
I have to think about this deeper to understand, thanks!The pattern is reborn.
Let's take a simple example. Imagine a wave moving over a pond. At each time, the wave is made up of water molecules. But the water molecules are not moving forward with the wave, only the disturbance pattern is moving forward through the water molecules that remain in their place. Similarly, Buddha says that there is no seperate substance called the soul, rather it is a conditioned pattern of habits, volitions and maybe memories that is like a disturbance wave that moves from one material configuration to another material configuration which we call bodies.
...and rebirth is fueled by craving/addiction...The pattern is reborn.
Let's take a simple example. Imagine a wave moving over a pond. At each time, the wave is made up of water molecules. But the water molecules are not moving forward with the wave, only the disturbance pattern is moving forward through the water molecules that remain in their place. Similarly, Buddha says that there is no seperate substance called the soul, rather it is a conditioned pattern of habits, volitions and maybe memories that is like a disturbance wave that moves from one material configuration to another material configuration which we call bodies.
Buddhism teaches that there is no soul.
So, what is reborn?
I googled but am still confused.
To a certain extent, you are correct. However, where there's a significant difference is how such beliefs are handled. In Hinduism, beliefs generally vary from region to region, family to family, and individual to individual. This is generally accepted and leads to all sorts of variations to the point that even defining "Hinduism" is fraught with problems.I don't see a problem with considering the Eastern and Western "something" as the same thing at the core, it is simply differing ideas about the mechanism of, and what can happen to, the "something".
Each of the "rafts" are somewhat different, but what you write above is "transmigration of soul", which is not "kosher" on any raft that I'm familiar with.The past year, I was reading through a short introductory book about Buddhism on BuddhaNet. The Theravadan author of the book explained that mental energy (or something like that) leaves the body when the body dies and then enters a new, suitable body.
There isn't really one answer that goes across all schools/traditions. Theravada is essentially the original texts, whilst the Mahayana is built on this, changed and extended.The past year, I was reading through a short introductory book about Buddhism on BuddhaNet. The Theravadan author of the book explained that mental energy (or something like that) leaves the body when the body dies and then enters a new, suitable body.
Each of the "rafts" are somewhat different, but what you write above is "transmigration of soul", which is not "kosher" on any raft that I'm familiar with.
To a certain extent, you are correct. However, where there's a significant difference is how such beliefs are handled. In Hinduism, beliefs generally vary from region to region, family to family, and individual to individual. This is generally accepted and leads to all sorts of variations to the point that even defining "Hinduism" is fraught with problems.
In Buddhism, it's so "open" that one can disagree with even with basic teachings of Old Sid. The main thing is to use our own objectively oriented head, our own experiences, and what we may determine through serious meditation. To do this, we must drop our own attachments through this process, which also what we in science are trained to do as well.