--Right. Some of the components of what made a body/mind in an incarnation of those components, reasserts themselves along with unfinished karma in a future embodiment. Along with those impulses is a faint memory stored in some subtle dimension. The persona next embodied having those living components, groks: that was a previous incarnation - as in Adi Da says that his "deeper personality vehicle" was the combined package of both Ramakrishna and Vivekananda; which is rather farfetched but OTOH some leftover impulses of Vivekananda seem to match Adi Da's present incarnation. Vivekananda hinted that he would reincarnate in the West. Adi Da claims to have become Enlightened while at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, CA in 1970 (where I used to meditate frequently). At any rate, I side with the Buddhist perspective and therefore agree with the statements below; except of course for the commie meddling in spiritual affairs. The Chinese should stick to what they're doing best: polluting shrimps with PCB's and manufacturing lead based paints to poison children with toxic toys. . BTW, Richard/willtex - still waiting for the MMY audios from Rishikesh. Can't wait to hear them. Thanks. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > Falling bridges be damned. > > > Reincarnation be damned. The historical Buddha didn't teach > reincarnation. In order to reincarnate, there must be an > individual soul-monad to reincarnate. Get some smarts and > try reading a little Buddhist history. The Buddha taught > Causation - one thing leads to another. According to Marshy, > Tibetan Buddhism is 'far fetched'. > > > > China tells Tibet's living Buddhas to apply for > > > reincarnation > > > >
