136-Rebirth Part 2 - Buddhism in daily life

Rebirth Part 2


The readers of my blog "know" that there is neither time nor
space, thus also no birth, no age, no illness and no death.


But then what about all the people who have already "lived" and
those who will still "live"? Is all life connected, are we part
of a great whole?


Or asked differently: Is there an infinite matrix of the now, the
here and the being, which holds a connection over the
incarnations?


Surely you also know a person who can remember a past life, many
people claim that even details are still clearly recognizable.
Maybe even you yourself? Or is it just a matter of inexplicable,
almost mystical experiences, which then lead people to see
themselves as reincarnated? Questions upon questions arise on
this subject.


At least in Chan (Zen) Buddhism the teaching has prevailed that
there is no rebirth, but as is well known, many roads lead to
Rome. However, one could also say (loosely after Buddha) that
reincarnation exists, but also does not exist, completely
depending on how we (with our imagination) form the world around
us.


If reincarnation is only a concept (similar to heaven and hell,
probably no human being has been there yet), then another
possibility would be to understand the concept as a moral system
of the belief world, which is supposed to set the ethical
standards.


Regardless of how we feel about it, where did we originally come
from? Originated at conception? Or descended from an "in-between
world" that corresponds to, or at least should be similar to,
nirvana? Does our personality (and with it also the ego)
originate approximately with the fusion of sperm and egg, or is
only the physicality created thereby? Still more questions, still
no answers.


Could it be that Nirvana is right here, right in front of us at
this moment, but we are not able to see it?


But the philosophy of Chan (Zen) Buddhism also does not
necessarily state that there can be no rebirth, as always
scholars argue, according to Chan teachings there is nothing to
gain (or lose) because nothing is (and cannot be) permanent
anyway, so nothing belongs to us anyway. In Chan we have to
discover for ourselves, which is why even so many "feel-good
Buddhists" then ultimately jump off again, thinking to
themselves, where would we get to?


We are to "awaken" through our own efforts, to improve ourselves
in order to see the Buddha-nature within us, which already exists
eternally within.


Our questions, whether we will be born again, go to hell, or go
to heaven, these are only asked by the ego. And therefore our
personality is not involved either, because it is completely
irrelevant whether we live again or not.


Before the procreation, where were you there?


The way is the goal!


If sometime, at the end of a long period, a gate returns into the
human existence, then the rebirth takes place lower


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





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