Sunday, December 29, 2013

The Cause of Rebirth


What is the cause of rebirth? The Buddha taught that ignorance produces desires. Unsatisfied desire is the cause of desire. When all unsatisfied desire is extinguished, then rebirth ceases. To stop rebirth is to extinguish all desires. To extinguish desire, it is necessary to destroy ignorance.

---What Buddhists Believe, by K. Sri Dhammananda---

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