Did buddha remember past life
Did buddha remember past life
The question i have. Did Buddha remember past lifes ? If so which suthra does he talk about them?
Re: Did buddha remember past life
Of course He did. It's part of the many supernormal powers that He possessed, also called the Direct Knowledges (abhinna) as described in MN 12 ( http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .ntbb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )..
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Re: Did buddha remember past life
That's the one I always fall back on: "I recalled my varied lot in former existences as follows: first one life, then two lives,santa100 wrote:Of course He did. It's part of the many supernormal powers that He possessed, also called the Direct Knowledges (abhinna) as described in MN 12 ( http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .ntbb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )..
then three, four, five, ten, twenty, up to fifty lives, then a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand and so forth."
Now having obtained a precious human body,
I do not have the luxury of remaining on a distracted path.
~ Tibetan Book of the Dead
I do not have the luxury of remaining on a distracted path.
~ Tibetan Book of the Dead
Re: Did buddha remember past life
Testament to the unimaginable potential of a purified mind..
Re: Did buddha remember past life
interesting santa 100. thank you. last night i was thinking if i die what will happen.
Is it true the buddha was once born as animals too?
Has anyone here remember such things?
Is it true the buddha was once born as animals too?
Has anyone here remember such things?
Re: Did buddha remember past life
Sure, they're all in the Jataka Tales ( http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )
It'd be an impossible probability for any of us (including our great Buddha) to not have wandering across any of the 6 realms during this beginningless journey of samsara..
It'd be an impossible probability for any of us (including our great Buddha) to not have wandering across any of the 6 realms during this beginningless journey of samsara..
Re: Did buddha remember past life
scary. last night i was thinking how great it will be if when i die i am dead and nothing more
Re: Did buddha remember past life
That's why it's extremely fortunate for those who're able to hear, learn, and practice the precious Dhamma in their life time so that they'd know what to do to avoid being reborn into states of woe and to head toward final liberation..