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From: pingali@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu (Sridhar Pingali)
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Subject: Re: Body and Soul?
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Date: 19 Oct 90 07:43:18 GMT
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In article <1990Oct16.052640.4686@nas.nasa.gov> courtney@inmet.inmet.com writes:
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>I would rather speak of rebirth instead of reincarnation.
>Reincarnation presupposes some 'thing' that gets passed around.
>This point of view is, I think, the hindu atman notion. 

This is not necessarily what is meant by the Upanishadic Atman.
Those interested in a comparison of the Vedantic and Buddhist
views might wish to look at Dr Ananda Coomaraswamy's book 
"Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism". The Buddha would doubtless
have termed all speculation/comparison unbecoming.       

While I am on the net let me recommend a book that has little
to do with this particular topic. It is "Seeking the Heart of
Wisdom" by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield. Another book
is "The Heart of Buddhist Meditation" by an author whose exact
name escapes me (N(?) Thera)."Thera" is the Pali word for 
Brother (as in monk) or Elder (as in Theravada - the way/speech of 
the Elders).

-- 
Sridhar Pingali