Embodiment and Rebirth in the Buddhist and Hindu Traditions
The belief that humans are more than their bodies is to a large extent represented in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions by the notion of rebirth, the main difference being that the former envisages a more corporeal continuing entity than the latter. The author has studied the manner in which exposur...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Zygon
Year: 2013, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 908-915 |
Further subjects: | B
Rebirth
B Buddhism B Science B Embodiment B Hindus |
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Summary: | The belief that humans are more than their bodies is to a large extent represented in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions by the notion of rebirth, the main difference being that the former envisages a more corporeal continuing entity than the latter. The author has studied the manner in which exposure to science at a postgraduate level impinges on belief in rebirth at universities and institutes in India and Thailand. Many Hindu and Buddhist scientists tend to believe less in a reincarnating entity because of their scientific work, but Buddhists can point to their empty self doctrine, which has resonances with models of an extended self, rejecting the notion of a core self (anattā) and replacing it with a system of interdependent parts (paṭicca samuppāda), which governs previous and future lives. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
Reference: | Errata "Corrigendum (2014)"
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Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12049 |