Guruji's teachings
Guruji asks which person is reborn, when the person changes every minute. This page keeps his words as he wrote them.
From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Post title: "Rebirth of who?". Dated 5 November 2016. Posted on Guruji's blog by Vira Chandra. Originally published at amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com.
Guruji: I find it difficult to understand the uniqueness of an individual.
What you were 5 minutes before, is not what you are now.
As cells in your body, you have died. As a whole, you have continued.
Cells don't recall previous births, when taking next birth.
When you are taking rebirth, which personality are you talking of?
The person is changing, world is also changing, never static.
So what is rebirth? rebirth of who?
Guruji, "Rebirth of who?", as posted on Guruji's blog by Vira Chandra on 5 November 2016. The text is kept as in the original.
Kaula practice starts from the present moment. Guruji points out that the "you" of this minute is already not the "you" of the last one. That makes it hard to hold on to a fixed self.
This fits the inner worship the lineage teaches. When you sit in meditation, you watch thoughts and feelings rise and pass. You see that none of them stay. Guruji leaves the question open, and the practice is to look for yourself.
He asks which personality is reborn, since a person changes all the time. He leaves it as a question: rebirth of who?
He says what you were five minutes ago is not what you are now. The person and the world are never static.
Guruji says cells do not recall previous births when they take the next birth.
No. It is a short note in which Guruji raises the question. He does not give a long answer in this post.
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