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'''Rebirth''' is frequently used as a synonym of the term [[reincarnation]], meaning the re-embodiment of consciousness after it left | '''Rebirth''' is frequently used as a synonym of the term [[reincarnation]], meaning the re-embodiment of consciousness after it left a previous body at the time of death. | ||
[[Buddhism]], which refuses the existence of a fixed reincarnating entity, teaches that it is a stream of consciousness (Pali: ''viññana-sotam'', Sanskrit: ''vijñāna-srotām, vijñāna-santāna'', or ''citta-santāna'') which, upon death, takes a new birth in a new person. This consciousness is neither identical nor entirely different from that in the deceased one, but the two form a causal continuum or stream. Some English-speaking Buddhists prefer the term "rebirth" or "re-becoming" (Sanskrit: ''punarbhava''; [[Pali]]: ''punabbhava'') to "[[reincarnation]]" as they take the latter to imply a fixed entity that is reborn.<ref>"Reincarnation in Buddhism: What the Buddha Didn't Teach" By Barbara O'Brien, About.com<sup>[http://buddhism.about.com/od/karmaandrebirth/a/reincarnation.htm</sup>]</ref> | [[Buddhism]], which refuses the existence of a fixed reincarnating entity, teaches that it is a stream of consciousness (Pali: ''viññana-sotam'', Sanskrit: ''vijñāna-srotām, vijñāna-santāna'', or ''citta-santāna'') which, upon death, takes a new birth in a new person. This consciousness is neither identical nor entirely different from that in the deceased one, but the two form a causal continuum or stream. Some English-speaking Buddhists prefer the term "rebirth" or "re-becoming" (Sanskrit: ''punarbhava''; [[Pali]]: ''punabbhava'') to "[[reincarnation]]" as they take the latter to imply a fixed entity that is reborn.<ref>"Reincarnation in Buddhism: What the Buddha Didn't Teach" By Barbara O'Brien, About.com<sup>[http://buddhism.about.com/od/karmaandrebirth/a/reincarnation.htm</sup>]</ref> | ||
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Rebirth is frequently used as a synonym of the term reincarnation, meaning the re-embodiment of consciousness after it left a previous body at the time of death.
Buddhism, which refuses the existence of a fixed reincarnating entity, teaches that it is a stream of consciousness (Pali: viññana-sotam, Sanskrit: vijñāna-srotām, vijñāna-santāna, or citta-santāna) which, upon death, takes a new birth in a new person. This consciousness is neither identical nor entirely different from that in the deceased one, but the two form a causal continuum or stream. Some English-speaking Buddhists prefer the term "rebirth" or "re-becoming" (Sanskrit: punarbhava; Pali: punabbhava) to "reincarnation" as they take the latter to imply a fixed entity that is reborn.[1]
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- ↑ "Reincarnation in Buddhism: What the Buddha Didn't Teach" By Barbara O'Brien, About.com