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Buddhism without Reincarnation? Examining the Prospects of a “Naturalized” Buddhism

by Jan Westerhoff

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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This essay investigates the feasibility of naturalized Buddhism—in particular a form of Buddhism that rejects reincarnation—by examining the suicide argument. This argument suggests that for the naturalized Buddhist, the result of the Buddhist path, namely escape from the cycle of reincarnation, can be obtained by simply killing oneself, as for the naturalized Buddhist there is not mental continuity after death. The essay examines a variety of ways in which the naturalized Buddhist can respond to the suicide argument and concludes that they are all wanting. It follows that the endeavor of naturalizing Buddhism as it is frequently understood today is fundamentally flawed.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences.

  • Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref and openalex matched “reincarnation”. Retained metadata contains “Reincarnation” in the title, “Reincarnation” in the description, “Reincarnation” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “reincarnation”· via OpenAlex
    • “Reincarnation”· in title
    • “Reincarnation”· in description
    • “Reincarnation”· in subject
    • “Reincarnation”· in edition title

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2017-06-22Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press eBooksEnglish—Unknown

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crossref:10.1093/oso/9780190499778.003.0008
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