Topics Include: 1) Rebirth and transmigration: the willing suspension of disbelief. 2) Understanding rebirth within the context of samsara or the continuous round of birth and rebirth. 3) What is it that transmigrates from lifetime to lifetime? 4) How to interpret the idea of rebirth: a humane vision of a larger context to resolve our suffering. 5) The idea of existential balance: balancing the opportunity to resolve suffering in future lifetimes and being accountable in this lifetime. 6) Our special relationship with our parents: understanding the larger karmic framework within which our lives unfold. 7) Understanding the implications of seeing ourselves as conditioned, constantly changing psycho-physical phenomena: the role of meditation.
July 12, 2020
43 min.