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I have been studying the dharma, and have recently finished reading the tibetan book of the dead. They say if we are an enlightened individual we will be liberated, and are born no more. But most of us are born again either in a god like realm, or as a human again, or an animal, a hungry ghost or in one of the hell realms. Untill the good or bad karma has run its course then we start again on the wheel of life. The longest period after death, is any thing up to 49 days of perpetual wandering before we. Take rebirth, but it can also happen immediatley upon death. I also attend a spiritual group. I have had a message from my grandad, i was aware of his presence months before as i smelt cigar smoke on two seprate occasions and he used to smoke them. The message the lady gave me, well i knew it was him. I dont understand how spirits can be,how they pass messages from the other side. I f we are reborn and in a continual cycle. Its confusing me. that is why i thought id ask you as i dont happen to have a buddhist monk to hand.
The Buddist religion has many great teachings, If Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior was one of them, I would be on the band wagon pronto. The thing is, they put Buddha over Jesus Christ. I shy away from anyone that puts anything before Christ. Now don't get me wrong, I went to see the Dali Lama in Sun Valley, Idaho two years ago. He is a wonderful man. But again, Jesus is not his Lord and Savior. Now you can call me old fashion or whatever but, I just have a real problem with that. I suppose it is because I am of the Christian persuasion? Come to think of it, New Agers and Muslims do not profess Jesus Christ to be their Lord and Savior either, right?
As far as I am concerned, there are only two camps on this earth. The good and the evil. You cannot be in between and you can't be both. When the Dookie hits the fan, and it is going to sooner than later, I know which camp I'm in.
And just to be clear, let's finish that thought... There are only two camps on this earth of 8 billion souls - good and evil. And Muslims, Jews, New Agers, and Buddhists (including the Dali Lama) are all in the evil camp because they don't profess that Jesus is their lord and savior.
"Evil". That's quite a label to assign to someone who doesn't see an unprovable theory the way you do.
Pretas or "Hungry Ghosts" are one of the six major classes of possible incarnation according to Buddhism, along with Gods, Asuras (Demi-Gods), Humans, Animals and Hell Beings. One is traditionally said to rebirth as a ghost due to insatiable appetites, whether it be for material possesions, emotional or sexual fulfillment, or whatever... Essentially they are characterized by a hunger that can never be satiated. This is not wholly out of sync with many Western teachings, that often believe souls do not fully cross over, most often due to traumatic events -- essentially something is left or felt to be unresolved.
"Spirit" can probably take on many definitions in Buddhism, but would probably be most closely associated with the the three "kayas", particularly Sambhogakaya and Dharmakaya. Nirmanakaya can be referred to as an "earthly body", Sambhogaya as a "dream body" or one we may possess in the transitional states after death. Dharmakaya is a body beyond all relative limitations.
f we are reborn and in a continual cycle. Its confusing me. that is why i thought id ask you as i dont happen to have a buddhist monk to hand.
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