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Rebirth and the In-between State in Early Buddhism

Does Early Buddhism cat­egor­ic­ally reject or, on the con­trary, tacitly admit the pos­sib­il­ity of an inter­me­di­ate state between two adja­cent lives? How can these descrip­tions and views be used to make sense of research find­ings on ‘Near Death Exper­i­ences’ bring us closer to a more accur­ate under­stand­ing of death and beyond?

When Life Begins

Repro­duct­ive eth­ics are one of our most urgent mod­ern dilem­mas. Each year, it seems, new tech­no­lo­gies push the bound­ar­ies of life. Abor­tion remains a divis­ive polit­ical issue. In the Buddhist under­stand­ing of the Middle Way, we can seek a more reas­on­able approach.