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dalia lama is a fucking liar

Brian, Ajahn Sumedho explicitly rejects the interpretation of rebirth as reincarnation or transmigration of the soul, at the very beginning of the video. He calls that a "Hindu doctrine". I have read Rahula who is, I believe, an authoritative interpreter of the Theravada tradition in the 20th century and he also insists that annata excludes reincarnation. Moreover he quotes the Buddha as saying that "all dhammas are non-self" which is much wider term than "skandhas", excluding thus even the idea of a 'big' or 'cosmical' self as opposed to an individual soul.

LMAO!....LOL. I'm just rolling over and laughing at your reactions to what you had to go through in those first 4 years as a monk. I've always imagined people who wanted to be monks were super duper "saintly" human beings. I never imagined them to be worldly, normal folks like me, full of themselves, manipulative, and self serving individuals. Your stories about those bothersome mosquitos, the ugly wall you helped build, the brooms you had to make yourself from branches, not running water or electricity, living primitively are precious. I particularly liked the story of how you wanted to live alone for awhile, and how you thought it would be cool to be alone and by yourself, and how Ajahn Chah kept saying no, then he finally relented and let you go off for six months alone. And then you said it was the worse six months of your life. I busted out laughing. Yup, I can relate. Thank you Ven. Sir. Sadhu 3X.