Reincarnation In Vietnam

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The plot focuses mainly on Buddha’s life, his beliefs, his followers and the basis of Buddhist religion. The element of reincarnation is employed throughout the movie. Reincarnation is one of the most important Buddhist teachings. Buddhist’s believe that death is not the end of life but the end of a body one occupies and the spirit continues its journey to another life. Lama Norbu explains reincarnation with an analogy by using a cup of tea. He states “In Tibet, we think of the mind and body as the content and container.” Norbu breaks the cup of tea on the table and observes as he says “The cup is no longer the cup, but what is tea? Like the mind after death, the tea moves from one container to another.” (little buddha 1993) The tea stayed

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