The Truth of Rebirth

And Why It Matters for Buddhist Practice

Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

Published • Revised 

A short treatise explaining that the Buddha did not teach the doctrine of rebirth because he was blindly following the cultural norms of his time. Instead, our resistance to this teaching is pointing to cultural biases of our own that impede progress on the Path.

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