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The Buddhist Explanation of Rebirth
Morelia, Mexico, June 2000
[edited course transcript, supplemented with material from courses given in Munich, Germany, October 2000 and Berlin, Germany, February 2001]
Part One: The Place of Rebirth in Buddhism and the Topic of Mental Continuums
The Importance of Rebirth for Appreciating the Precious Human Life
The Importance of Rebirth for Opening Our Hearts Out to All Beings
The Importance of Rebirth for Relating Equally to All Others
The Importance of Rebirth in Understanding the Nature of Mind
The Importance of Understanding Specifically the Buddhist Explanation of Rebirth
Part Two: The Analysis of How Mental Continuums Perpetuate Themselves
Maintaining the Individuality of the Physical Continuum of a Body
Can a Mental Continuum Have an Absolute Beginning or Absolute End?
Summarizing the Logic behind the Self-Perpetuation of a Mental Continuum
The Consequences of Understanding the Individual “Me” in Terms of Mere Mental Labeling
Additional Detail from the Anuttarayoga Tantra Presentation of Rebirth
Labored and Unlabored Understanding and Conviction about Something
No Need to Discredit an Intellectual Understanding and Conviction about Rebirth