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**Mjypksun** · 11-11-2011, 07:42 PM

Hello Aloka,

Thank you for the link. I ve learned a lot from the links you provided me before on meditation and the "Handbook for mankind"

This is just an opinion Kalu Rinpoche had, and is certainly not true about some teachers and students 25 years later, who are dedicated to the Buddha's teachings but prefer not to speculate about past and future lives. I also recall a teacher from the same lineage telling someone who found it difficult to believe in rebirth, that it wasn't neccessary to think about other lives because this life is the important one. I could not agree more, Buddhism as i understand it is a very practical philosophy/religion that teaches us how to improve our lives and be in harmony with the world around us. Personally, i find putting too emphasis on the idea of rebirth serves only as a distraction from the more important teachings of the Buddha.

Regards,
Bundokji

11-11-2011, 07:42 PM	#25
Mjypksun Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Hello Aloka, Thank you for the link. I ve learned a lot from the links you provided me before on meditation and the "Handbook for mankind" This is just an opinion Kalu Rinpoche had, and is certainly not true about some teachers and students 25 years later, who are dedicated to the Buddha's teachings but prefer not to speculate about past and future lives. I also recall a teacher from the same lineage telling someone who found it difficult to believe in rebirth, that it wasn't neccessary to think about other lives because this life is the important one. I could not agree more, Buddhism as i understand it is a very practical philosophy/religion that teaches us how to improve our lives and be in harmony with the world around us. Personally, i find putting too emphasis on the idea of rebirth serves only as a distraction from the more important teachings of the Buddha. Regards, Bundokji
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