Rebirth, Part 1: Is There Evidence of Rebirth or Reincarnation?
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. Part 1 of a Buddha Weekly Series on Rebirth Nothing inspires more debate amongst Buddhists, than the notion of...
View ArticleRebirth Part 2: Is There Scientific Evidence of Rebirth?
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. The concept of reincarnation and rebirth has successfully captivated human beings over the ages. Although the terms...
View Article“Designer Dharma” or “Dharma-Lite”—What the teachers say about picking and...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. By Lee Kane, Editor, Buddha Weekly ” The eightfold path is often represented as a wheel with eight spokes. Pick a...
View ArticleKarma is Not Fate: Why Karma is Empowering
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. Why is Karma empowering? One way of viewing Karma is as an aggregate of all of our actions, thoughts, words, dreams,...
View ArticleUnderstanding Dependent Co-Arising is critical to Buddhist practice: The...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. In almost any “Buddhist” philosophical argument — for instance, “why should I meditate?” or “Is there a soul?” or...
View Article“Learning how to die” and “Why Meditating on Death May Bring Joy to Life”:...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. Leonardo da Vinci is credited as saying, “While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...
View ArticleThe dream of rebirth: is reincarnation real?; if so, why don’t we remember...
Do you remember your dreams, your memories as a baby, your previous life? This series of questions is often used by Buddhist teachers to illustrate why we don’t have memories of past lives. Just as we...
View Article“Don’t misunderstand the Buddha.” What Buddha actually taught about “rebirth”...
One of the biggest misunderstandings in Buddhist teachings is Buddha’s teachings on Death. He taught the Eightfold Path as a method to escape Samsara and suffering — which is why he often refused to...
View ArticleRebirth vs Reincarnation: “If it isn’t ‘We’ who is reborn — if it is merely a...
In case you are wondering why we have an adorable picture of a happy baby as our feature image, its not a cheap trick (well, maybe it is, but there’s a reason!) In Buddhist belief, we are taught that...
View ArticleDo you believe in Rebirth? An average of 33% of U.S. Adults and 38% of Indian...
In modern times, what are we to make of rebirth, past lives and reincarnation? While it seems less “fanciful” than other concepts of the afterlife (such as various heavens and hells), it can be a...
View ArticleBuddhism and Rebirth, Oneness, Timelessness — and you are everyone: True Rebirth
In the vast tapestry of Buddhist philosophy, one thread stands out – the belief that we all have lived countless past lives in the ceaseless cycle of births. This leads to the compelling Buddhist...
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