The Nature of Reality (Death, Rebirth and Reincarnation)
Why Buddhism Stack Exchange recommends it
Buddhism Stack Exchange users link it when discussing death, rebirth and the aggregates, as a clear introductory explanation from a Theravada teacher.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2014 to 2015.
What it is
A short 2009 talk by Theravada monk Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu arguing that belief in death can be replaced by an understanding of reality as a constant flow of mental and physical phenomena. It touches on rebirth and reincarnation from a Theravada, insight-meditation perspective.
What people said
Recommends user2424 · 2015-06 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “Are there any references in the Pali canon to the experience of death?”
Here is another great video by Ven. Yuttadhammo called "Nature of Reality (Death, Rebirth and Reincarnation): [this video]
Cites yuttadhammo · 2014-06 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “If there is no soul, how can there be rebirth?”
Anatta is often described as "not-self" which I understand to mean that our identities are illusions. No, in fact, the meaning of not-self, as others have pointed out, is that the object in question is not self :) The Visuddhimagga offers some good explanations: All that [materiality] is “not-self in the sense of having no core.” In the sense of having no core because of the absence of any core of self conceived as a self, an abider, a doer, an experiencer, one who is his own master; for what is impermanent is painful (S III 82), and it is impossible to escape the impermanence, or the rise and fall and oppression, of self, so how could it have the state of a doer, and so on? Hence it is said
Cites user143 · 2015-05 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “Methods of Modern Meditation Masters”
Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw [LINK] is a 20th century burmese meditation master. His teachings on Vipassana Meditation, also called Insight Meditation is derived from the so called "New Burmese Method" . The following quote is from the wiki: [LINK] "The vipassanā Movement, also called the Insight Meditation Movement, refers to a number of branches of modern Theravāda Buddhism which stress insight into the three marks of existence as the main means to attain awakening and become a stream-enterer. It finds its origins in modernist influences on the traditions of Burma, Laos, Thailand and Sri Lanka, and the innovations and popularizations by Theravāda teachers as Mahasi Sayadaw." The vipassana meditatio
Cites Motivated · 2015-05 · Buddhism Stack Exchange · on “If i am the result of an aggregate, how does one refer to oneself?”
It is my understanding that illusion, reality, rebirth and reincarnation are a result of the aggregates i.e. vision, taste, sound, emotions, smell and mind. - Source [this video] If one is am simply a composition of these aggregates, how does one refer to oneself in everyday conversation? For example, when using the term i , in sentences such as i am .. The reason for the question is to step away from being attached to one's identity which is generally reflected in i .