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In classrooms and dharma centers alike, westerners encountering Buddhism for the first time must come to terms with the widespread Buddhist belief in rebirth. For many, death represents the ultimate unknown, the ultimate lesson in impermanence. Why then, they ask themselves, should they believe Buddhism’s answer to this perplexing question, any more than the answers of other religions that teach eternal salvation in heaven or damnation in hell? Does rebirth fall into the category of “cultural trappings,” such as sexist views of women, certain ritual forms, and belief in traditional Indian cosmology—cultural accretions that can be dismissed as extraneous to the “core teachings” of Buddhism?
Many westerners view belief in reincarnation as simply irrelevant to their engagement in Buddhism. Yet for centuries, Buddhist texts have been filled with warnings about heretics who deny the existence of rebirth and the ethical ramifications of such views. How are we to understand such warnings? And if we discard all such “cultural trappings” as irrelevant to what is essential about Buddhism, what is left of a religion that teaches the lack of any independent essence?
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche is a Buddhist scholar and teacher. He is the head of Dzongsar Khamje College in Sichuan, China; Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Institute in Chauntra and Deer Park Institute in Bir, India; and Chokyi Gyatso Institute in Dewathang, Bhutan. Rinpoche has also established centers in Australia, North America and the Far East and is a sought-after teacher of Buddhism all over the world. Khyentse Rinpoche was trained in Buddhist studies from a very young age and is a prominent scholar of the Tibetan Rimey (nonsectarian) tradition, following the heritage of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and other Rimey masters.
Rinpoche attended Sakya College in India and studied with some of the greatest contemporary masters, particularly HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He is the author of the best sellers What Makes You Not a Buddhist and Not for Happiness. His commentaries on Chandrakirti’s Madhyamakavatara: Introduction to the Middle Way and on Arya Maitreya’s Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra: Buddha Nature are studied and appreciated by Buddhist students the world over. Rinpoche served as an advisor to filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci on Little Buddha and wrote and directed the films The Cup, Travelers & Magicians, and Vara: A Blessing.
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