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

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[@1612ydraw]

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.

[@Bestbeachesincalifornia]

He is ! ❤️

[@1612ydraw]

@@Bestbeachesincalifornia He is. ❤

[@cxuns]

The Master lit the light in our heart to not being afraid of uncertainties, death and darkness. Deep Bows~

[@chickenlover657]

If you don't continue as YOU, it's all futile.

[@likenl4508]

I pray you reject this false teaching and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't believe the lie of no life after death or reincarnation. Jesus was our sacrifice for our sin as He faced the wrath of God. He died on that cross and 3 days later her rose from the dead so we could be justified and washed in His blood. The blood that spilt on that cross is the blood that washes all our sin away. I pray you receive the Lord Jesus and follow Him and not these false teachings. Jesus is the Only way to have peace with God and to enter in Paradise after death. So I pray you receive our great Savior Jesus Christ and let His Spirit walk in you and guide you all the days of your life. Bless you in Jesus Name

[@debrak3594]

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

[@bebobalula]

He was indeed an extraordinary person, a good teacher.

[@rosaameliafigueiredo6651]

Estou profundamente tocada pelos ensinamentos do Mestre! Incrível clareza em falar, em transmitir ... só cheguei agora mas creio que ele estava me aguardando... Obrigada!

[@chickenlover657]

You should be crying. Cuz he's telling you you will die. Anyone that finds this "optimistic" is on drugs or psychotic.

[@singaporeano]

@@chickenlover657 LOL you missed his entire point.

[@chickenlover657]

@@singaporeano Oh? And what was his point then?

[@blakestewart7200]

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

[@siewkonsum7291]

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

[@atinsanyal8080]

Idea is not clear to him

[@siewkonsum7291]

@@atinsanyal8080 That which is not clear; It's not an idea or him; But is One's false mind! 😃

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛 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.

[@mollystenhouse1302]

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. 😊🙏🏼❤

[@James-lb7yd]

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

[@pasadiko401]

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

[@laurax936]

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.

[@anusuyapanda5103]

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

[@cynthia587]

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

[@paulamano]

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 😊

[@siewkonsum7291]

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

[@Olivia-bs5wj]

If I want to? I want rest. I absolutely hate to live and be with other humans and work etc. I want to stop exist, can I ever choose that?

[@elgebarstar5275]

@@Olivia-bs5wj The mind seeks rest, not non-existence. In non-existence there is no experience, there is no witness to experience rest or restlessness. I don't want to repeat like a parrot what this Buddhist master says, I can say from my personal experience. When I was a child I was very sociable and good at jokes. When I was a student, I was depressed because I didn't have a competitive nature. Especially since I was a student at the music conservatory and the teachers recognized that I had certain talents, but I couldn't emotionally express them to the maximum capacity on stage. I had to study much more than some colleagues who had an extroverted nature, in order to be confident in myself. Being more sensitive, I felt the aggression of the collective mentality and I was depressed. Then, at another stage in my life, I started some spiritual practices because I was attracted to such things and I had read many books. Starting with simple and basic things, it became more than a passion and I discovered immense pleasure in daily practice. The more I practiced and received a higher initiation, the more I changed. The changes for the better happened without me intending, just through consistent daily practice. Now I am a different person than I was 5 years ago or 10 years ago. And I'm certainly a different person than 20 years ago when I was a student and was always depressed, that's what those who know me say, it's not just my opinion. So the question is: who was sociable and good at jokes, then who was depressed and had anxiety, then who was passionate and happy about the new perspectives? Now I am no longer any of these variants, I am different. If I wanted to commit suicide due to depression 20 years ago, today I was no longer this person. So if nothing existed after the death of the body, the last experience is depression not rest. If the mind survives, then we continue with depression without the possibility of producing rapid transformations.

[@theresaggiffin9556]

Master Thay, your teaching, love and joy permeate my being. From your grave, through these recordings, and your student's teachings you live on among all people. ❤️🙏

[@alexdepilarez6921]

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 🙏🙏🙏❤

[@mindacid3274]

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

[@adamng5338]

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. 🙏

[@mariajesustallon]

Qué preciosa enseñanza. I am so grateful. You are here in my heart, dear Thay

[@NicholasOsella]

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."

[@siewkonsum7291]

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."

[@sleepydank8330]

Yet still maintaining a connection to things, people,situations but not being emotionally attached to the impermanent and changing nature of these things. Connected yet not attached

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

@@sleepydank8330 I think attachment is still fair, we are only human and meditation only removes so much attachment. Grief is still grief, however it can be handled skillfully and with equanimity.

[@ravenclause]

"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

[@jameslim7956]

AMITOFOH sifu. Thank you for the Beautiful Dharma Teachings made easily understood by lay person .

[@mn8159]

Wie difinierst Du Laie🥀

[@Fionyan9]

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

[@Sam_Utah]

Charles Muses described the human being as a standing wave, a moving fountain that re-assembles itself in every moment. Makes sense in light of these teachings.

[@lhamopepper9887]

Beautiful boddhisatva Thay makes this world a better place 🙏🌷💕

[@mkh2799]

Beautiful, Master 🙏

[@cottrosbc]

Thank you Thai. We miss you!!

[@pm7805]

This is so logical. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@serenaformigli8348]

Grazie maestro di aver risvegliato in me parti dormienti grazie

[@graceacer9369]

He seems so happy here. That will continue

[@Tommaso_dc]

🙏🏻Thank you

[@ovoono4308]

If there was no permanence there would be no imperamanence. So there must be that there is something permanent to even speak about impermanent. Even Thay says that without left, there is no right, so it must be that the Buddhist view of Impermanence is also a wrong view. There is the Awareness beyond these inter-related opposites. Even Thay says: "...Since begining-less time I have been Free", and he could only say such a thing if his own Essence is Timeless. Please dare to prove me wrong :) I love you dear Master Thay even though on conceptual level I don't resonate with every statement of yours. All Glory and Grace to you Beloved Father Thay 🙏🏿🙌❤️

[@likenl4508]

I pray that you reject this man's teachings and follow the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't believe the lie of no judgement after death. The lie that there is no Heaven or hell after death. Jesus died on a cross and faced the wrath of God for us so we wouldn't have to. 3 days later He rose from the dead so we could be justified and washed in His blood. His blood is our atonement for all sin. You cannot enter heaven without the blood of Jesus. You cannot have peace with God without Jesus. So I pray if you don't know the Lord Jesus that you receive Him by faith and follow Him. Don't follow these teachings that will lead you to hell but follow the Lord Jesus Christ who delivered us from hell and prepared a Paradise for us in His Kingdom. He loves you so much that He poured out His precious blood for us on a cross. Follow Jesus and turn from the false teachings of this man. Lord Jesus, thank you for dying in my sin for me. Thank you for your sacrifice and for your precious blood that you poured out for me when you died on the cross, taking my place. Thank you Father in Heaven for crushing Jesus in my place and for placing Your wrath on Him. Jesus thank you for rising from the dead and for accepting me into your kingdom. I confess Jesus as Lord and believe You raised Him from the dead for me Father in Heaven. Show me how to follow your Son Jesus all the days of my life and guide me in all my ways Jesus I give my soul and life to you I lay myself down at your feet. In Jesus name I pray amen

[@p1ranesi]

@@likenl4508 Thanks for sorting that out for us.

[@user-ok4nr5rc9h]

@lYorl and it doesn’t mean they’re not real.

[@maryl8539]

❤

[@johnmonk3381]

In buddhism all views are wrong views. You either have the wisdom or you don't. Wisdom is only attained after completely understanding the eight foldpaths

[@codelinguist]

Very well explained.

[@ravenclause]

"I wish the truth, not right and wrong view, I wish to know the seperator between life and death, that seperation which is only a naive illusion of time and the individual. Time seperates life and death, and when time is not divided I am simultaneously alive and dead. Truth is beyond their naive concepts of right and wrong, today, tomorrow. Self and other. That is the eternal truth I practice. So far beyond them they still define right and wrong. They do not unite with the one, but try to separate it into dualities whilst simultaneously claiming not to. I call them naive only for believing another could be." - Master Rinzai

[@mortonvrose]

So so beautiful forever💗

[@nikitassc]

Thank you sir

[@lindaj5492]

1:23 “… people in quantum physics they begin to see it clearly…” Feeling the need to dig out my old Fritjof Capra books: and hope as I watch the rest of this video that Thay might come back to expand on that brief comment.

[@miladheidarian1040]

The art of communication is his best book

[@graceacer9369]

thank you

[@benji-5796]

Great! Comforting video! THN should just have said “ he doesn’t know”

[@talatanjum777]

All commenters seem satisfied. What about the suffering people underwent before death AND THE pain of separation and losing loved ones.. isn’t this the main concern ABOUT death..??????!

[@superadorablepets9995]

Exactly

[@benji-5796]

Yeah, it’s weird I must admit

[@thenarrowdoor7]

I believe birth and death happen we rebirth on earth , because some people are born in wars and suffering and others are born rich others are born more spirtual why ?

[@Giantcrabz]

the root of suffering is craving for permanence. Pain and pleasure are both subjects of cravings or aversions

[@billyoumans1784]

I think I rather agree with Vedanta, that consciousness is permanent and unchanging. The objects that come and go within consciousness, are impermanent.

[@thaisaclapham5185]

Agreed

[@Giantcrabz]

if consciousness were unchanging learning would be impossible

[@annaheinz1009]

Wäre es möglich,vom großen Achtsamkeitslehrer Thay deutschsprachige Videos verstärkter zu senden?DANKE ❤️🌈

[@thanthlaingno3]

Sadhu sadhu sadhu

[@tinaoldenskov]

So, we only continue in the mind of the people who knew us? We continue in our behaving's and then, we are forgotten.

[@elianepilois3654]

Paroles de Thich naht hanh traduites en français svp merci

[@JB-fv8bi]

🙏🌸

[@adamkraemer9193]

I think it might just be "nihilism." I could be wrong. Wonderful talk.

[@sidsmiff]

Hi Adam. Nihilism is when you believe human values to be baseless and life as pointless. Its different from Annihilationism which is the belief that when you die you are completely destroyed and nothing remains. It has its roots in Christianity and the last judgement but I believe it is more widely considered than just that one source. Hope that helps. And yes. Thay was an amazing character and this talk is wonderful.

[@flowerbomb333]

🙏🏻🌺🙏🏻🌺. Thay …

[@BriggittaBeta]

❤ Thay

[@jennyjou]

Can we maintain our memory of the continuous circle of death and life Also the conditions of our next reicarnation I would also like to know If we reicarnate in a past time or future time at the time of our death How long till our next reicarnation

[@sidsmiff]

It seems to me you are positing a continuation which has the flavour of eternalism. It is very common in Buddhism. I would recommend revisiting this video regularly. I could never explain it better than such a wise teacher. Of course, I could be wrong. I’m just a guy 🙂.

[@Vicky-fl7pv]

The atma or the "I" is an illusion. The five mental processes constantly create the "I". So by anatta or no-self, Buddha meant there is no "I" but only an illusion of "I". 2) that "I" is impermanent, that means it is constantly arising and dissolving and re-arising every moment. That's what meant by Rebirth. Here in this very body, you are constantly being born and constantly dying. 3) when the body dies, the mind dies and with it the "I" dies. Complete annihilation. No more rebirth or re- incarnation in another body.

[@benji-5796]

@@Vicky-fl7pv a belief you hold there. Nobody knows what death is

[@RockyGene]

I think of myself new now

[@zenazen878]

🥰❤🙏🌷

[@lhamopepper9887]

🙏🌷🌏❤

[@AnnaIsokoski]

🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐🌹🌹🌹💎💎💎

[@muriellecordemans4556]

How does karma find its way to the right rebirth?

[@dejan3860]

Impermanence is eternal.Impermanence is eternity in flux.Response is wellcomed

[@paulamano]

My coment is cinematography to, i learn that from Thay

[@binkymontague]

A Bodhisattva

[@sergemoses3286]

Quand arrêterons-nous de se réincarner ?

[@Signal6000]

Now the body has mind how can a cloud enjoy life without mind?

[@user-ok4nr5rc9h]

It can’t

[@Signal6000]

@@user-ok4nr5rc9h so when it doesnt feel life its dead or not?

[@user-ok4nr5rc9h]

@@Signal6000 I don't think its dead or alive to be dead it had to of first been alive.

[@Vicky-fl7pv]

Body and mind are one, one cannot exist without the other.

[@ilonkaleibfried2142]

☺️😁😍

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

RIP 🥲

[@amitkaushik7047]

I don't agree with him . Exsistance of conciousness is there.

[@lighteningrod36]

Question everything

[@siewkonsum7291]

Can Agree to disagree? Neither is here nor there. Existence is Conscious.

[@stevecoley8365]

We are sparks placed here for a brief moment to accumulate light and warmth (love) so that we can become as bright of a star as we can be...shining in heaven (joy, beauty and harmony). Good (god) knows every star by name. We accumulate light and warmth (love) by appreciating this paradise planet lifeboat and the miraculous works of fine art called "life" that inhabit it. If we extinguish our light and warmth (love) with "greed" and it's ignorance (hate)...we become the darkness and emptiness that surrounds the stars. A very cold, dark, lonely, desolate place to be...for eternity.

[@Olivia-bs5wj]

But I hate humans and I hate to live. Will I become lonely when I die? I just want peace and not exist ever again in any form

[@stevecoley8365]

@@Olivia-bs5wj You are not alone. I hate to live as well. I hate vampires (greed). But I don't hate humans (love). The problem is that there are not many humans left.

[@davidjay257]

There's always 1 coughing.

[@Giantcrabz]

i didn't notice until you pointed it out

[@umakantgairola7726]

What is nirwana...??? If no rebirth What for meditation...???

[@anestos2180]

nirvana is free the mind from understanding (feeling) the world through memory which is thinking. memories are static so when you are thinking of something you are out of this continuation of the now because you are working in the past. the tool for that is meditation which is freeing the mind of the known.

[@thenarrowdoor7]

​@@anestos2180so what happens to people who are bad and rape and kill ?

[@anestos2180]

@@thenarrowdoor7 what do you mean, after they die? nothing happens same as the "good" deed people ! its all here and now there is no after

[@billyoumans1784]

I really don’t know clouds…at all.

[@petersanmiguel1164]

We need to get saved by hearing the simple gospel, and then responding in faith. Jesus died for your sins and then rose from the dead. The gift of salvation is being offered freely: believe in Him and be saved (John 3:16).

[@69VAJRA]

So failed too as he is here on earth

[@EleutheriosKaralis-yq9vl]

And there is another wrong view: Its called buddhism.

[@beatryzxayara]

Вода

[@umakantgairola7726]

Very very poor sound management

[@kimballbarrett1961]

no soul consciousness instant something long lasting dharma teaching of the buddha object of mind sure cosmos body and mind understand wrong view not naive after we die same person buddha and 2 views wrong view hot up and down in the cloud action karma very important cloud act energy go son learn about cloud we are cloud every moment right in the moment right now birth and death every moment more beautiful birth and death every moment water renewing dosnt wait up and down see friend not body wrong view more beautiful right view possible Kimball Barrett

[@yukio_saito]

Eternalism 常見 Annihilationism 断見

[@grandtout1953]

How to complexify life and death to refuse death.

[@superadorablepets9995]

Sorry but he is wrong

[@Manhunternew]

Why

[@superadorablepets9995]

@@Manhunternew he is condemning concept of soul going to heaven and that counsiusness is not permanent which is not true .. You can check psychic medium Matt frazer n others , you ll know

[@thenarrowdoor7]

I feel he is wrong either because what happens to evil people ?

[@likenl4508]

I pray anyone who reads this recieves the Lord Jesus Christ and realizes that He is the Only way to enter Paradise after death. You cannot get into heaven without Jesus there is no other way but through Jesus. So I pray if you don't know the Lord Jesus that you accept Him and follow Him for He was our sacrifice for sin. He died on a cross in our sin and faced the wrath of God so we wouldn't have to. 3 days later Jesus rose from the dead so we could be justified and washed by His blood. So I pray you accept the Lord Jesus and follow after Him for He is our Only Salvation and Hope. Turn from any false teachings of no judgement after death and turn to the Gospel of Jesus Christ that He came to save sinners through death on a cross, burial and resurrection. Jesus is the Only way and His love for you is so great. Blessings ❤️

[@MaximusTeo]

Metta Karuna sharing Dhamma Dana from karma.mysticlotus.org