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**Peterli** · 09-22-2011, 05:50 PM

Inspired by the 'Will I be reborn as a worm' talk from Ajahn Amaro that I listened to recently and his suggestion that getting off the Wheel of Life is disentangling the mind with the things it gets caught up in, I thought I'd start a new topic.

Is it recessary to become entangled in speculation about literal post-mortem rebirth? Is it not enough to interpret rebirth as a series of different mental states we experience in the same lifetime?

What are your opinions on this?

09-22-2011, 05:50 PM	#1
Peterli Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	The Wheel of Life and Death as mental states Inspired by the 'Will I be reborn as a worm' talk from Ajahn Amaro that I listened to recently and his suggestion that getting off the Wheel of Life is disentangling the mind with the things it gets caught up in, I thought I'd start a new topic. Is it recessary to become entangled in speculation about literal post-mortem rebirth? Is it not enough to interpret rebirth as a series of different mental states we experience in the same lifetime? What are your opinions on this?
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