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    rebirth


    1. rekindles the flame of rebirth


    2. ‘The rebirth of the Sun?’ asked Petr


    3. The rebirth of a most


    4. Jennaiel there can be no rebirth and the Sun will


    5. In various branches of yoga, Hinduism, and Buddhism, liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth is the purpose of life


    6. As your Auntie Kate likes to put it: It is a rebirth in every way


    7. Early in this century when basic industries failed, the town had a rebirth as the center of year-round recreational programs


    8. Carl’s bravery and battle cunning seemed something new also, and he suspected his friends had learnt much through their rebirth


    9. "It's no surprise that they're suspicious of you, when you go to them with stories of death and rebirth


    10. What's that, if not rebirth?"

    11. The Rhodesians were founder members of the rebirth of the British SAS in Malaya


    12. of physical death, but a finishing of your rebirth 1 and of that service for which you are called


    13. And the fading pain of rebirth


    14. Today the resurrected hulk of Judaism has been helped to an uncertain footing primarily by the Christian belief of the necessity of this rebirth


    15. cycle of birth, death and rebirth, which is the root cause of all misery


    16. And rebirth on the fly


    17. But what will our attacker experience from generating anger and harming us? Because we provided an object for his anger, he will find unhappiness in this life and plant seeds for a future hellish rebirth [if, for example, his anger persists and even becomes uncontrollable rage]


    18. In some Eastern religions, karma and rebirth are profoundly interwoven


    19. The concept of rebirth is inherent in the understanding of karma


    20. The question of rebirth enters the metaphysical realm

    21. What follows is intended for the personal reflection of each reader, and not an attempt to influence or convince in any way regarding the matter of rebirth


    22. What exactly is rebirth? Gill Farrer-Halls in her book, Working with Karma, gives an insightful answer by drawing on the analogy of the flame of a dying candle: [97]


    23. The Buddhist texts illustrate rebirth with an analogy: the flame of a dying candle is used to light a new candle and then peters out


    24. A further starting point for understanding rebirth is to consider how the mind and the body are different entities


    25. The only significant difference between the process of sleeping, dreaming, and waking and the process of death, intermediate state, and rebirth is that after the clear light of sleep has ceased, the relationship between our mind and our present body remains intact, whereas after the clear light of death this relationship is broken


    26. "If we think in terms of rebirth," comments Berzin, "then it helps us to have a longer perspective and we don’t get so uptight that 'I’m not really making fantastic progress now


    27. Different Realms of Rebirth


    28. As alluded to earlier, in our Western culture, the ideas of rebirth and other realms of existence may be regarded with scepticism and perhaps treated with derision


    29. Not only do we then experience the present karma of the painful feelings in the moment, but we also create the conditions for possible rebirth in realms of terrible suffering


    30. When a person dies, the karmic seeds that ripen determine the kind of rebirth that the person will take in their next life

    31. For example, if a person dies with a peaceful mind, this fosters a virtuous seed, and the person will experience a fortunate rebirth


    32. By contrast, if person dies in a state of anger, this type of agitated mind will stimulate a non-virtuous seed, and the person will have an unfortunate rebirth


    33. Virtuous (or wholesome) actions are the main cause for rebirth in the higher realms, and therefore of future happiness


    34. By contrast, non-virtuous (or unwholesome) actions are the main cause for rebirth in the lower realms, and therefore of future suffering


    35. The six realms in which a person may take rebirth, either literally (in a future rebirth) or symbolically (experi-entially in this life) are shown in the table that follows


    36. The ripened effect of negative actions is rebirth in one of the three lower realms


    37. The ripened effect of positive actions is rebirth in one of the three higher realms


    38. ▪ Characterized by being driven by instincts, and is a reflection of the type of behavior that is largely responsible for rebirth as an animal


    39. While in Western culture, the idea of rebirth is not easily accepted, there is one aspect of life that may provide insight as far as karma passing on from one lifetime to another


    40. Accordingly, to be protected from suffering as much as possible, and to prevent experiencing a lower rebirth, we need to strive not to produce negative karma, as well as purify the harmful karma already created (covered later in the book)

    41. ▪ Rebirth in a place where there is war, sickness, and famine


    42. ▪ Rebirth in a place where water and precious things are sparse


    43. Without real conviction we shall not generate enough energy to train our mind and so we shall continue compulsively to perform the harmful actions that cause rebirth in states of misery


    44. Causative karma (weighty karma that operates at the time or moment of death, and determines the circumstances of rebirth)


    45. The force of certain actions has the power to determine the plane of existence of a person’s rebirth – whether reborn in the human realm, in one of the lower realms, or in a heavenly realm


    46. They are said to play a crucial role in determining the circumstances of rebirth


    47. If there is no weighty karma, then the mind states generated by the performance or remembrance of wholesome or unwholesome actions in the last moments before dying will condition rebirth


    48. The dying moments play a critical role in the unfolding of karma and rebirth, and it is encouraging that today there is an increased awareness and sensitivity concerning the circumstances and surroundings of people's deaths


    49. If there is neither weighty nor proximate karma operating, then rebirth is determined by the karma of one's habitual patterns, that which one has done over and over again, which comes naturally to the mind in the dying moment


    50. In her book, Working with Karma, Gill Farrer-Halls makes the following observation regarding of karma and rebirth














































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    Synonyms for "rebirth"

    conversion rebirth spiritual rebirth renaissance renascence reincarnation metempsychosis salvation forgiveness redemption

    "rebirth" definitions

    after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body


    a second or new birth


    the revival of learning and culture


    a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life