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July 21, 2009

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Patrick S. O'Donnell

Yet one who believes in reincarnation or rebirth (I prefer the former term for Hindus and the latter for Buddhists for reasons I'll leave aside here) should be more concerned with cultivating good karma and the proper mental dispositional qualities for the next life rather than attemtping to "take it [i.e., material goods] with you." For the Hindu, this means yogas (bhakti, karma, and jnana, or, Patanjali's yoga praxis) or margas (spiritual paths) that help, among other things (e.g., observance of dharma and other virtues) bring about the attitude of what is termed in the Bhagavad Gita, non-attachment (not too far from the Greek sophrosyne). For Buddhists, this means endeavoring to overcome troublesome species of desire and ignorance in conjunction with, among other things (e.g., the practice of various virtues), the cultivation of wisdom and compassion.

In any case, there are very few individuals who are thought to truly know their "past lives" (i.e., the karmic causal series which in part constitutes them; even fewer still with knowledge of lives to come: which would be the more relevant knowledge in this instance) and among those who have such "knowledge" one doubts there would be any concern with capital saving or accumulation of this sort.

Kim Krawiec

"and among those who have such "knowledge" one doubts there would be any concern with capital saving or accumulation of this sort."

My thoughts exactly, Patrick. Reincarnation Bank's website helpfully offers to assist in "regression." They also claim to respond to any inquiries within 48 hours. I think you should send them this -- and post here with the reply, obviously.

Patrick S. O'Donnell

Kim,

I did forward my comment a couple of days ago and have yet to hear from them.

Kim Krawiec

Then our "investigation" has already revealed one of their claims to be false. . .

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