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There is a simple question here,''is rebirth an attachment or not?''To me, to believe rebirth of a person after he/she has has passed away clearly is an attachment. Because such a unnatural phenomenon is not possible. However if rebirth is not used in this sense, and if it is not a personal one, then I have a right to ask what is it then?

again, if we wish to develop right understanding, it is important to see the Buddha taught from compassion (rather than from pure logic)

in Theravada Buddhism, it is taught there is two kinds of Dhamma: (1) lokiya (worldly) dhamma; and (2) lokuttara (transcendent) dhamma

lokiya dhamma is for ordinary people. teachings about honoring mother & father, good & bad karma, rebirth, etc, are lokiya dhamma

lokuttara dhamma is for Awakening-Enlightenment. the word 'lokuatta' literally means 'beyond the world' or 'above the world'

teachings on the four noble truths, the three characteristics, dependant origination, emptiness, the elements, etc, are lokuttara dhamma

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in the original scriptures, we can rarely find the buddha teaching lokiya dhamma and lokuttara dhamma together

but later buddhists created their own teachings to mix lokiya dhamma & lokuttara dhamma together

for example, many famous buddhist scholars, such as the Theravadin Buddhaghosa, taught 'empty dhammas' cycle thru the rounds of 'rebirth'

or some Mahayanans taught 'samsara is nirvana' or introduced an 8th kind of consciousness

or both Theravadins and Mahayanans created an absurd & illogical theory of Dependent Origination over three life times

but buddha did not teach like this

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buddha, for the most part, taught lokiya dhamma to ordinary people and lokuttara dhamma to enlightenment students

buddha kept lokiya dhamma and lokuttara dhamma separate

so it is important to decide what kind of buddhism we wish to study & develop conviction to

if the difference between lokiya dhamma & lokuttara dhamma cannot be understood, then understanding Buddhism may be difficult

kind regards