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**SergeyLisin** · 10-31-2011, 11:33 AM

Reincarnation/transmigration requires some sort of substance that continues from one dead/dying being into a new body. This has never been demonstrated, only alleged and believed on faith. The Buddha apparently looked inside himself for something that could transmigrate and found nothing.

And yet, this life is not impotent. What we do here has countless effects into the future, so we need to behave ethically if peace is to be achieved. What then, carries on if it's not one's consciousness or spirit?

Something passes from the poem teacher to the student. It's just sound waves, but they're in a very particular pattern, so they have certain effects on the listener. The listener experiences those effects and passes them on to others by recreating the sound patterns. That's rebirth without transmigration, as I understand it so far.

What else is there to a human being except the input from the 5 physical senses and one's mental consciousness? All of these things depend upon the body for existence, and when the body breaks down, those things dissipate, too. Nevertheless, it is important what one says and does, because the effects are potentially endless.

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SergeyLisin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	Reincarnation/transmigration requires some sort of substance that continues from one dead/dying being into a new body. This has never been demonstrated, only alleged and believed on faith. The Buddha apparently looked inside himself for something that could transmigrate and found nothing. And yet, this life is not impotent. What we do here has countless effects into the future, so we need to behave ethically if peace is to be achieved. What then, carries on if it's not one's consciousness or spirit? Something passes from the poem teacher to the student. It's just sound waves, but they're in a very particular pattern, so they have certain effects on the listener. The listener experiences those effects and passes them on to others by recreating the sound patterns. That's rebirth without transmigration, as I understand it so far. What else is there to a human being except the input from the 5 physical senses and one's mental consciousness? All of these things depend upon the body for existence, and when the body breaks down, those things dissipate, too. Nevertheless, it is important what one says and does, because the effects are potentially endless.
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