[Buddha-l] reincarnation versus rebirth

[Curt Steinmetz]

It seems impractical, though. How does one go about arranging to be 
"born" via C-section? In fact, if one were capable of pulling that off 
the clear implication is that an advanced stage of siddhidom has already 
been attained.
Curt

Vera, Pedro L. wrote:
>> "To be born" also has a distinctly physical connotation to it - perhaps
>> even more so that "incarnate". Neither the Buddha nor Julius Caesar were
>> technically "born" since they did not pass through the "birth canal" on
>> their way out into the world.
>> Curt
>>     
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> Using this definition, one can add to the illustrious company of Buddha and Julius Caesar the many (tens of thousands?; hundreds of thousands?; maybe, don't have the actual numbers) lesser humans delivered by Caeseran (heh, Caesar again) section every year. Technically then, C-sections seem to be the most expeditious and effective way of escaping the cycle of rebirth/reincarnation. Beats the hell out of meditating (or whatever other practice is advocated as conducive) an entire, or several, lifetimes.
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> Pedro
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