TIBETAN BUDDHIST TEACHINGS ON REINCARNATION

after you die that's it you close your eyes and that's it them I can't seat you I believe he transformed to another person maybe or something what happens after you die oh boy that's a good one oh my god I go to heaven well the body doesn't remain but I think that the soul would move on what do you think happens after you die no no I've never died I decided to search for an expert somebody who had died and lived to talk about it I found that person in British Columbia did you finally meet you yeah and it doesn't limit it pleasure to meet you nice meet your work um this is your temple yeah this is our new chief woke up Wednesday zbraaa Shay was a buoyant Abed he was discovered by a group of monks searching for the reincarnation of their teacher or lama even more extraordinary he had been recognized as a to glue or reincarnate Lama for 12 previous lifetimes when they recognized I was a to good I was about poor then around five I was a formally recognized as a toka Tibetan Buddhism has many tuples the Dalai Lama being the most famous it's believed that through fourteen incarnations the same consciousness has returned to assist suffering beings a recent example is the dalai lama's tutor these revered buddhist teachers are able to control the subtlest energies of life and as a consequence the process of death and rebirth when the old Lama guys the disciples form search committee and they do divination there are a number of divination methods used to locate the new incarnation dreams insights from respected Yogi's and indications from human Oracle's in Tibet we have many Oracle's the spirit comes into his body the spirit is talking through the body to him and so you can ask questions he will sail these teachers incarnation will be in a certain area not even Bruce he might even say the name of mother and father so then you have more idea what it is when Zod's appreciate was a child a search party composed of monks were led to his family's home they bought prayer beads malas which alone cannot do it they didn't say you know one of them is yours did you say which one you like I said I like one of them and I picked one and then again they bought three or four bells I picked one Bell so later told me I picked the right ones they were testing so you have to pick the right Bell or a prayer beat that belongs to the previous Lama you look at the beads somehow in your mind intuitively say I like this one there's no no other sort of explanation just intuition after they did the testing and then they taught me that you are toku you're a reincarnation of lama from our monastery from zulu monastery when you are going to become a monk you are going to monastery I was actually very happy when Ricochet first came to zero Ling his personal monastery over 10,000 local people lined the roads for over two decades he has lived in exile in Canada and when he returns to Tibet there are similar celebrations Zulu monastery was built about 500 years ago I was actually my first incarnation Lama chub Duck and he was the founder all my previous incarnations or the allama of that monastry when ricochet was 5 years old he was enthroned at zuru monastery and received years of Buddhist training he was raised to continue the work of his previous incarnations and become a spiritual leader they have a so much expectation because you are the incarnation you are the future teacher you have to be that kind of expert on the teachings and philosophy and the meditation they sort of push you to to learn things you know and so it can be quite stressful most people in Rivers's town in bridge Columbia don't know that he's a reincarnate Lama in Tibet he's sworn by people wanting spiritual advice or a blessing but at home Rinpoche is often mistaken for a tourist made of sesame good I buy three of these they think I'm some Japanese tourist or maybe some local immigrant guy works in a factory or something paper please this is how I like to people see that I leave like you guys better for the environment I watched Ripa shade the local market how is he related to a monk who had lived in the 14th century we do believe that the the Lama of this life or myself it has the same mind stream of that that Lama who lived in Tibet 14 and 14th century not saying all those 13 accordion in kindness I'm not saying they're the same person because they have different personalities they have different bodies but we do have same mind screen the mind travels live to light continuously it's a little bit like the river as it travels the current and shape of the river everything is different but there is still that water you go through life after life many changes but different personalities but still we believe that the mind stream the subtle mind of the Lama who lived into that and fourteen centuries it's still there Tibetan Buddhism teaches that what remains after death is the subtle mind or pure consciousness the essential nature described as a clear light that never dies what dies is the body in the individual personality one reason why Buddhist practice meditation is to prepare for the time of death when they can merge with the clear light and attain Buddhahood a Buddha has cut through the cycles of suffering and returns to help others to do the same so remission when did you first start teaching Buddhism in the West I stopped teaching Buddhism in the West 1980 lady next time I saw Rinpoche he was in Toronto to teach Buddhism I understand in Tibetan Buddhism it's almost like a science that you know how people die what happens when they die so I'm hoping you can give me some sense of what that process is like whether you are recognized as a incarnated Lama or not everybody reball so you were to go going through this process of death many times through meditative techniques Buddhist teachers have mapped the territory after death I asked her in Bechet what happens after the final breath one can have the clear light experience and then after that some point then the consciousness separate from the body the mind will then leave from the body the mind either recognizes its true nature as consciousness or clear light it achieves enlightenment or it becomes overwhelmed by past experiences or karma and begins a journey through a dreamlike state known as the Bardo Bardo is Tibetan word bara means between though is sort of a wandering between lives live between the death and birth so the consciousness the mind is travelling seeking a rebirth you no longer mr. Gil that sends eagle you're not there anymore but you might have that part of your mind says I'm still mr. Joe it's a very confusing time at this point of confusion whence previous life experiences or karma controls the rebirth there is little choice for one who has not train their mind during life the process of death and rebirth are not experiences that most people can control Tibetan Buddhists believe that since the time of the Buddha there are rare individuals like Ripa che who are not under the sway of karma and delusions and who can choose to be reborn but if you can control your rebirth why return to a world of suffering that's your job that you should come back to the world where there is lots of suffering to help and to guide sentient being and to assist them and to give them advice and teach that is your responsibility that is the value took we call bodhisattva vow a vow altruism and you say i about to save all sentient beings though the sentient beings are numberless I believe my previous incarnations took Bodhisattva vow and I took Bodhisattva vow and that's part of the practice be honest sometimes I feel like do I really want to come back life is suffering there's so many problems do I didn't want to come back again and again and but then I say myself no I have to come back all our ventures on you know boys Oh sergeant on Georgian journo you

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Length: 15min 2sec (902 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 04 2011