Question asked by Dorji
Dear pastor.
mind after wandering in bardo for certain time periods..than take rebirth..i m stuck here..HOW THAT DEPARTED MIND/SOUL WILL ENTER INTO NEW BORN BABY…UNDER WHAT FORCE..DOES THAT MIND WILL ENTER INTO THAT FERTILIZED EGG..GIVING IT A CONSCIOUSNESS..
I couldn't find a answer from Rinpoches u tube.."MIND AND REINCARNATION.."Thank you..!
Dear Dorji,
Consciousness exists as a continuum over time. Death is just the transfer of this consciousness from one form to the next. Following the end of a person’s previous lifetime, this consciousness in the form of its bardo body travels in the intermediate state (bardo). The lifespan of bardo beings is usually said to be seven days. After these seven days, bardo beings undergo a small death, and they can have up to seven such small deaths before they find a birth site.
In the case of being born from a womb, conception takes place within the sperm and blood of the parents. A bardo being has all its faculties. The being who is about to be reborn as a human has the colour of fine gold. The bardo being sees the father and mother sleeping together. If the being is to be reborn as a male, it feels anger towards the father and attachment towards the mother. It then merges with the father and is thus conceived into its next incarnation. In this case, it is anger as well as desire that propel the bardo being into its next rebirth. You can read about the way one is conceived and reborn in Pabongka Rinpoche’s “Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand”, Day 15 in the section “Understanding the Causes of Samsara”.