Rebirth

Our precious human life allows us to achieve liberation from uncontrollably recurring rebirth and reach the enlightened state of a Buddha through Dharma practice.

This series of teachings provides an in-depth analysis of the twelve links of dependent arising, which describe the mechanism of rebirth and the continuity of the mind through successive samsaric lives.

The remarkable behavior of small children identified as reincarnate lamas can serve as convincing evidence for rebirth.

“Dharma-Lite” lam-rim, which considers the graded stages in terms of this lifetime alone, and the full training of “Real Thing Dharma” represent different scopes of intention. In both cases, we need to aim to be of best help to everyone.

Nagarjuna wrote this poem as a letter to his friend, King Gautamiputra, as advice on the practice of the entire Buddhist path leading to liberation for both householders and monastics.

Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II talks about the pressures of the tulku system, the differences between Buddhists in the West and his homeland of Spiti, and the importance of compassion.

The assertion of individual continuums of past and future lives follows from the Buddhist understanding of mind, karma, and behavioral cause and effect. Thus reincarnation, or rebirth, plays a central role in Buddhism.

Buddhist psychology and science have a great deal of relevance for Westerners. The religious aspects of Buddhism can supplement, but not substitute them.

Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche’s experience of being recognized as a reincarnation.

An introduction to the Buddhist theory of reincarnation, or rebirth: logical reasoning for an intellectual understanding, and personal anecdotes for real conviction.