Friday, March 25, 2016

Answer by Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena for Reincarnation is not posible

Because our consciousness can only persist in our brain. When the brain is destroyed, our consciousness is destroyed as well.

Not necessarily but this helps as a more convenient store, hence brain damage can hinder memory. Also why you cannot remember of past lives.

Also we see meditators can recall past lives hence this is not necessarily true. 5 Hindrances is one case of we cannot remember and meditation overcomes this. [(Nīvarana) Sangarava Sutta]

How can the idea of reincarnation be true if all the information of who we are is already destroyed. We are just new when we are born and we can't pass the consciousness or memory to any new born baby.

Sense impressions are in the mental body while conceptual impressions are tied to the physical body. So if you get brain damaged you cannot think and perhaps learn new concepts but past impressions stay. [Mahā,nidāna Sutta] Recallability depends on the level of hindrances. [(Nīvarana) Sangarava Sutta] The mental impressions that remain are part of the mind (Nama) which does not dies at death but passes away in one body and arse in another. For further understanding perhaps you can study the Buddhist rebirth process.



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