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by kaiel
Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:54 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: the great rebirth debate
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the great rebirth debate

it seems there is as much disagreement between the schools of Buddhism as there is between us Catholics and Christians. Allegorical interpretation versus Literal, different Suttas in different sects. Found this article which uses strong language against Theravada's idea of anatta http://newsgroups.d...
by kaiel
Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:38 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: the great rebirth debate
Replies: 7540
Views: 1329995

the great rebirth debate

Did some reading on the suggested site http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/notself2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I understand here that Buddha really never gave an answer here, I see why http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/jootla/wheel414.htm...
by kaiel
Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:02 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: the great rebirth debate
Replies: 7540
Views: 1329995

the great rebirth debate

Fir off thank you all kindly for your time, I truly appreciate it. To what Santa109 said, I understand the car metaphor, I grasp that I am in constant flux, but could not a soul be in constant flux as well, it is not permenent in the sense of a solid unchanging stone, but it simply outlasts the phys...
by kaiel
Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:35 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: the great rebirth debate
Replies: 7540
Views: 1329995

the great rebirth debate

This may be a long winded post so I apologize. First off I am a Roman Catholic by birth and loosely practice it, that being said I believe no one religion is absolute. For this reason I do my best to study various belief systems. I have spent the last three months reading up on Buddhism in all its f...