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"But," asked Vaccha persistently, "when one who has this emancipation of mind
(freed from self) dies, where does he go, where is he reborn?
The Buddha replied:
"The word 'reborn' does not fit the case."
"Then he is not reborn?"
"To... continue...

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LIFE AND DEATH
When one says that life and death do exist,
he immediately gets two horns grow on his head.

When one says that life and death do not exist,
he immediately gets two horns grow on his head, too.

When one says that life and death neither exist nor do not exist,
he also gets two horns grow on his head.

So, what would you say about life and death in order to not getting any horn growing on your head?

ChonTri

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THE BUDDHA, 1905
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