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**jPNy2BP5** · 05-26-2011, 07:43 AM

They sort of pick up where they left off even though they've been unconscious for a while.

Yes, but sometimes they don't. Sometime they forget, if they have had a brain injury.

My impression is this continuity is a matter of "memory" rather than of "consciousness".

Consciousness is simply sense awareness. Where as continuity is a product of memory and thought construct.

This is why the Buddha never said consciousness is reborn. It makes absolutely no sense at all.

The Buddha said the results of action are "reborn" or "born again" or "reappear", etc, because these are the result of thought construction.

The reality of reappearance or continuity is one of sanna and sankhara khandhas rather than one of vinnana khandha.

My view.

05-26-2011, 07:43 AM	#5
jPNy2BP5 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 507 Senior Member	They sort of pick up where they left off even though they've been unconscious for a while. Yes, but sometimes they don't. Sometime they forget, if they have had a brain injury. My impression is this continuity is a matter of "memory" rather than of "consciousness". Consciousness is simply sense awareness. Where as continuity is a product of memory and thought construct. This is why the Buddha never said consciousness is reborn. It makes absolutely no sense at all. The Buddha said the results of action are "reborn" or "born again" or "reappear", etc, because these are the result of thought construction. The reality of reappearance or continuity is one of sanna and sankhara khandhas rather than one of vinnana khandha. My view.
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