[Buddha-l] reincarnation versus rebirth

Margaret Gouin gouin.me at gmail.com
Fri Jan 16 05:41:30 MST 2009


2009/1/15 Curt Steinmetz <curt at cola.iges.org>

>
> To be born is to be incarnated, no? Ergo, to be reborn is to be
> reincarnated.
>
> Actually, to be born in an incarnate (physical) form only applies to two
realms--human and animal. The other four realms aren't physical forms, so
how can rebirth there be reincarnation?


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