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If There Is No Self, What Is Reborn? | Buddhist FAQ

2020

On this episode of Buddhist FAQ, we answer the question, "If there is no self, what is reborn?"

13:25 min

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Andrew Olendzki
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo (Shambhala Pocket Library)

A classic of Tibetan Buddhism brought to life with insightful commentary by a modern master.

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Rebirth and Reincarnation in Buddhism

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Why Believe in Rebirth?

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Dr. Jeffery D. Long
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Reincarnation and Rebirth

One morning last fall, while sipping my chai, I tapped the TOI app on my iPad, and the Times of India appeared. The top story was startling.

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Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
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Should I Believe in Rebirth?

In my years of Buddhist training before becoming a Buddhist teacher, none of my teachers have ever asked me to believe in rebirth. In fact, none of my Zen and Theravada teachers in America or Asia gave any prominence to the idea – if they mentioned it at all. - Gil Fronsdal

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Gil Fronsdal
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Do You Only Live Once? the Evidence for Rebirth

What happens after you die? That used to be just a religious question, but science is starting to weigh in. Sam Littlefair looks at the evidence that you’ve lived before.

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Sam Littlefair
2018
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The Buddhist Teachings on Rebirth

Moment to moment, lifetime to lifetime — death and rebirth are happening all the time. Ten leading Buddhist teachers explain the concept of rebirth.

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Lion's Roar
2018
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From Death to Birth: Understanding Karma and Reincarnation

For most of us, the journey of the soul from death to birth is determined mainly by our karma―the actions we perform in the interval between birth and death.

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Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
1997
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Karma

Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one’s deeds in earlier lives. This belief was and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent as is the word “karma” itself.

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Johannes Bronkhorst
2011
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