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Who believes in rebirth?


What exactly is rebirth? For many people, Buddhist philosophy
stands with rebirth as a unity. The knowledge about the
philosophy of the Indian prince is thin, but buzzwords like
"rebirth", "karma" and "nirvana" have made their way into the
language.


Buddhists "know" that there is no "I" in the proper sense, but
the illusion of an I fits well with rebirth, because if "I" can
be reborn, then the I must have some value, right?


If the cycle of birth, old age, illness and death goes on and on,
then we must be born again, otherwise it would not be possible to
take the karma with us, and Nirvana could only be reached in the
first attempt, right?


Who believes in the karma, believes necessarily also in the
rebirth, because how should we otherwise "grow", wake up, where
we have already wasted the chances in this life, there we just
hope for the next incarnation. There we will make up for
everything, there we will be a really "good" person.


Followers of Chan-(Zen)-Buddhism are not completely in agreement
with the absolute transitoriness of the present existence (the
self with its personality), which is due to the duality of the
events, but also due to the beliefs of our ancestors, which have
been handed down over many centuries, and which have also been
adopted to a good extent in the forms of Buddha's teachings.


Whoever thinks about this will notice that already in some small
children a hearty and strong personality is present. The question
is, where does this come from?


My father used to say, "To believe is to know nothing; to know
nothing is to be stupid." So who believes in rebirth, who can
specifically remember past lives?


Chan (Zen) Buddhism is about enlightenment in this life, not the
next or the one after that. Chan followers focus on reaching that
moment, on getting there, less on what comes after, which is why
little is read or heard on "reincarnation." However, Chan
Buddhists are not averse to the matter either, so there is a
basic acceptance on the subject in any case.


The words of the teacher of all teachers were recorded only many
hundred years after his passing away, we know how a history can
change already within only one week, what happens only over
several centuries? In the sutras it says about the enlightened
people who can "remember" the past lives and future lives, "know"
about them.


The way seems to be the most important goal!


Who understood that with becoming then there is birth, and for
everything that once became, there is old age, illness and death?


- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before
the year zero


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