(11) Rebirth, Reincarnation or Continuation? | A Teaching on Karma by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2009-06-21

19:40 "I will not die. I will continue with my friends and my students. I'll be there for a long time" What a wonderful human being he was.

I think I deeply understood these ideas for the first time and hearing Thich Nhat Hanh made me cry--he expressed it all so beautifully. Thank you to all who made these teachings possible. xo

Breath in - is "birth". Breath out - is "death". At every moment now is - Birth & death continuum.

This is one of the most beautiful dharma talks ever given. Stunning.

🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛 Thank you on behalf of millions past, present and future. Most of us feel we already knew you at first sight. We see in you the eternal flow. Your body changes from birth to death, but you remain the same. You are not the body. You are not your mind. Those are pictures. You are spirit, soul, essence, from baby to elder. You help us see that. For many of us, we recognize the great spirit of ancestors before, such as Siddhartha Guatama. For some, you are a great teacher, a Bodhisatva. For others you are a great enlightened person, one of the rare Buddhas from human history. For others you are a compassionate being who graced us. All present feel your presence, exactly as you described. Without the body, Thich lives, as you taught us for decades. We bring tea to your body this last time and invite your body into the garden. And we celebrate the always alive spirit that is you. As you say, you will never die.

I am so grateful for being able to hear Thich Nhat Hanh, and to experience these teachings. Thank you so much!

Thank you to the sangha for sharing these wonderful insights. I never got to meet Thay as I had wished, but after listening to him here, I will try to give him a good journey traveling around with me. 😊🙏🏼❤

Thank you Master, may be well, happy and peaceful. 🙏🙏🙏

I am so lucky to be in Plum Village once. Yes, you will find Thay here and everywhere.

Thanks to sangha for sharing these. I meet Thay not phisically, but in his words and actions, another expression of a cloud. Thay is part of us, thanks to thank you for freeing me from ego , we are all one in diferrent manifestations 😊

Wow, Master. Lots of Love &Respect. Bow down my head on your feet. Yes Sadguru .... You are here and Now.

What happens when you die? asked a listener. What happens when you die - is you don't die! replied Master Hanh.

Thank you always to the sangha of Plum Village for the Master's teachings. Zen philosophy has the tendency to be rational without, however, losing the touch of sweetness of the traditional Buddhism. Here, the Master's teaching is simple yet complex, symbolical. Two things are sure: nothing is created or destroyed and this is proved by the science itself. Everything is in a continuous process of change, from the material world to the cosmos. Continuity is assured by our actions and influences which are reflected in the world. If we give joy, we may receive joy. The same if we give negativity, we receive the same. There is no Self being. Even when we are not here anymore physically, our actions and influences continue in the others and in everything.

14:51 "You are undergoing birth and death right now. Rebirth is taking place right now, because mentally and physically, you are of a cinematographic nature, and you are reborn every instant. You are renewed in every instant in order to be a new person, a new being. And, if you know how to do that then your renewal is beautiful. With karma, you can assure a beautiful continuation, a better continuation. If you know how to handle your thinking, your speech, and your action, you will become more beautiful...that is action, that is karma."

I had always been skeptical on this topic and always left a question mark on the the concept of rebirth, (Naturally this skepticism was there because of growing up and being exposed to devotional Buddhist ideas of them). This really opened my eyes and finally come to understand the right view and middle path a little better. Extreme views and dogmas lead to ripples of extreme behavior and consequences. The cloud metaphor was really good. Master Thich Nhat Hahn has really changed the way i see things now. 🙏

Thay, though you are not physically here anymore , I am sure your teachings always stay in my mind and many others. Grateful for your teaching

he is enlightened. my heart sings! there is no he and self is an illusion, says the truth!

Thua Kinh Thay, Thank you for your continuation in all of us... I am having a good time and smiling for you... I have arrived, I have arrived home for you.. " A Cloud Never Dies" TNH 🙏🙏🙏❤

True Emptiness is the "Ultimate". Which means "Non-Attachment", for which the Virmalakirti Nirdesa Sutra says, "Non-Attachment is the basis from which all the Dharmas are established."

"Birth and Death, eternalism and annihilation is for the individual , not for the source of the timeless of which all things originate and exist together. Had they had this notion rather than the notion of individual, they would not try to define these false ideas of the sciences and religious definitions, had they seen time is what separates one individual from all things, then they would have a key to the universe, beyond life and death , right and wrong, individuals and the one" - Master Rinzai