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RESURRECTION AND REINCARNATION<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
CHAPTER SEVEN<br />
EASTERN RELIGIONS AND TRADITIONS<br />
BUDDHISM<br />
Though most studies consider Buddha as a religious leader, I would prefer to<br />
consider him as a scientist. This is also probably true about the magicians and the<br />
alchemists who led to the study of the universe and started the science as we know<br />
of today. Buddha said:<br />
"Do not believe in anything, no matter where you heard it, or who said it, even if it<br />
has been handed down over the generations, or has come from your own<br />
imagination, unless after careful consideration it agrees with your own sense of<br />
reason, and is good for the welfare of all beings, only then should you believe it and<br />
follow it."<br />
The idea of reincarnation in a scientific form was first stated by Buddha. Until that<br />
time it was based on the experience of the families who saw their ancestral traits in<br />
their progenies, which we easily explain in terms of the DNA transmission. It can be<br />
stated with confidence that the origin of the concept of reincarnation as we know<br />
today came from Buddha.<br />
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