The Process of Rebirth

Ajahn Brahm

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• Brahmavamso
• 2009
• 04
• 03

[ramaraksha01]

Hell is a vile, abusive, disgusting concept. God buys love & loyalty with torture? A Gandhi, Teresa, Mandela would never think of torturing their enemies, whereas a Saddam, Hitler, Stalin would. This is the company that God keeps? Karma & Rebirth is the better, non-violent way. You are not punished, nor are you simply forgiven because you groveled enough. The most important aspect of Karma is that you are held accountable for your actions, you are reborn, given another chance to make amends.

[impermanentoo]

You can recall rebirth only after practising samatha meditation and vipassana meditation for a long time. It is not easy but not impossible. Most serious meditators are able to recall their rebirth.

To recall rebirth these conditions hasve to be met first::

1) It has to be done with the correct techniques.

2)To have faith in the teaching

3) Understand the teaching well (We need to apply the teaching during vipassana meditation)

4) Pure in speech, thought and actions

[jackgoldman1]

With each breath, thousands of cells die and are reborn in a virgin birth. The body excretes cells and new ones are born. Only the being, the mind, remains. When the body stops reincarnating, stops breathing, stops being reborn unto itself, then the mind and human being dies with it. Reincarnation is real and occurs with each breath. To think other wise is to suffer from deception of the senses. To come back in another life would be no less a miracle that coming here once. Enjoy the miracle.

[matreyia]

3 yrs. ago I went house hunting with a good friend. Went in to the last house & all my joints started to throb & my chest started to feel pressure. I asked the agent if there were home history reports available & both she & good friend thought I was being troublesome. Then we went out back & the agent & myself turned left & my buddy went right. After a few seconds, he said, "dear lord, someone died here." I thought he was joking...then he showed me a plaque with the name, date of the deceased.

[paulot]

I think the concept of"place" ( when you refferred to. "Hovering") doesnt really apply here

[orlando098]

I am enjoying watching these videos of Ajahn Brahm, who I didn't know before yesterday. He is insightful and caring and humourous. However I thought this video might say more about the detail of how rebirth is meant to happen. Does the ghost, that he refers to, feel drawn towards some woman who has just conceived and become united with the fetus? And what if no ghost is hovering around when a woman gets pregnant? Can a baby be born minus any karma/soul from a previous life?

[ramaraksha01]

@amila2006 Correct me if i am wrong but I thought Buddhism was not a religion & i don't mean it in a bad way. The Buddha never talked about God? Buddhism is about personal growth & how to become a better person.

The Buddha borrowed many of his ideas from Hinduism. We believe God is a moral Guide not a refuge, a backdoor that is going to take care of us like pets. Our goal is Moksha - to become part of God or to become part of something greater than us - Gandhiji showed us the way.

[amila2006]

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism. -Albert Einstein

[amila2006]

@ramaraksha01 who is god he is a ET extra terrestrial check you tube for Ancient Aliens

[bannatreeful]

The best brian waching talk yet , thank very much :p

[bannatreeful]

The best brain waching talk , thank you every much :p

[FeelGoodinc91]

@hiKrittiya Rebirth and death is the universe perpetually changing form due to impermanence. The "it" that's being reborn is not you because there's no self (anatta) but the "it" of the universe.

hope that helps