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− | The practice of recognizing who is who by identifying someone’s previous life occurred even when Shakyamuni Buddha himself was alive. Many accounts are found in the four Agama Sections of the Vinaya Pitaka, the Jataka Stories, the Sutra of the Wise and Foolish, the Sutra of One Hundred Karmas and so on, in which the Tathagata revealed the workings of karma, recounting innumerable stories about how the effects of certain karmas created in a past life are experienced by a person in his or her present life. Also, in the life stories of Indian masters, who lived after the Buddha, many reveal their previous places of birth. There are many such stories, but the system of recognizing and numbering their reincarnations did not occur in India.
| + | The practice of [[recognizing]] who is who by identifying someone’s previous [[life]] occurred even when [[Shakyamuni Buddha]] himself was alive. Many accounts are found in the four [[Agama]] [[Sections]] of the [[Vinaya Pitaka]], the [[Jataka]] Stories, the [[Sutra]] of the [[Wise]] and [[Foolish]], the [[Sutra]] of One Hundred [[Karmas]] and so on, in which the [[Tathagata]] revealed the workings of [[karma]], recounting innumerable stories about how the effects of certain [[karmas]] created in a past [[life]] are [[experienced]] by a [[person]] in his or her present [[life]]. Also, in the [[life]] stories of [[Indian]] [[masters]], who lived after the [[Buddha]], many reveal their previous places of [[birth]]. There are many such stories, but the system of [[recognizing]] and numbering their [[reincarnations]] did not occur in [[India]].
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Latest revision as of 12:08, 24 September 2013
The practice of recognizing who is who by identifying someone’s previous life occurred even when Shakyamuni Buddha himself was alive. Many accounts are found in the four Agama Sections of the Vinaya Pitaka, the Jataka Stories, the Sutra of the Wise and Foolish, the Sutra of One Hundred Karmas and so on, in which the Tathagata revealed the workings of karma, recounting innumerable stories about how the effects of certain karmas created in a past life are experienced by a person in his or her present life. Also, in the life stories of Indian masters, who lived after the Buddha, many reveal their previous places of birth. There are many such stories, but the system of recognizing and numbering their reincarnations did not occur in India.