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**CitsMoise17** · 05-30-2012, 05:31 AM

I was more specifically speaking about the Buddhas Analogy on Rebirth. I am copying and pasting this from another site, it is not exact, but essentially what I had read long ago...

A candle is lit. The flame burns until the candle becomes very short and is almost finished. As the flame begins to flicker out, a second candle is lit from the first. The flame of the first candle now dies out completely, leaving only the second candle burning. The flame burns away the second candle and, again, just before it reaches its end and flickers out, a third candle is lit from that . . . and so on, one candle being lit from another.

When I had read the original Sutta, I had concluded that this meant the influence left by ourselves. I also know that many, including myself, believe in Buddhism as purely psychological/philosophical, with no real belief in any sort of 'continued existence', like your Mind, or your Conciousness.

And isn't Karma 'Cause and Effect'? So wouldn't the Karma you create outside your mind, be reborn again and again?

05-30-2012, 05:31 AM	#3
CitsMoise17 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	I was more specifically speaking about the Buddhas Analogy on Rebirth. I am copying and pasting this from another site, it is not exact, but essentially what I had read long ago... A candle is lit. The flame burns until the candle becomes very short and is almost finished. As the flame begins to flicker out, a second candle is lit from the first. The flame of the first candle now dies out completely, leaving only the second candle burning. The flame burns away the second candle and, again, just before it reaches its end and flickers out, a third candle is lit from that . . . and so on, one candle being lit from another. When I had read the original Sutta, I had concluded that this meant the influence left by ourselves. I also know that many, including myself, believe in Buddhism as purely psychological/philosophical, with no real belief in any sort of 'continued existence', like your Mind, or your Conciousness. And isn't Karma 'Cause and Effect'? So wouldn't the Karma you create outside your mind, be reborn again and again?
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