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**easypokergonj** · 04-27-2012, 07:24 AM

in the light of this common grief & hope in respect to the departed, even amongst Buddhists, does the Assu Sutta aim to reinforce reincarnation/rebirth beliefs? Or does it aim to quench the common suffering of grief?

What a coincidence... this sutta was one of the first ones when I started to explore Gotama's teachings. I never felt something about rebirth/reincarnation but to give up useless attachments that brings Dukkha.

The imagine that this sutta provoked was that of a life lived in darkness -ignorance- and realizing it and saying: enough about this! and giving up all that stuff of clinging and craving and reinforcing the need to practice Gotama's liberating doctrine.

04-27-2012, 07:24 AM	#4
easypokergonj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	in the light of this common grief & hope in respect to the departed, even amongst Buddhists, does the Assu Sutta aim to reinforce reincarnation/rebirth beliefs? Or does it aim to quench the common suffering of grief? What a coincidence... this sutta was one of the first ones when I started to explore Gotama's teachings. I never felt something about rebirth/reincarnation but to give up useless attachments that brings Dukkha. The imagine that this sutta provoked was that of a life lived in darkness -ignorance- and realizing it and saying: enough about this! and giving up all that stuff of clinging and craving and reinforcing the need to practice Gotama's liberating doctrine.
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