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What would you like to be reborn as?

DhammaDhamma
edited May 2010 in General Banter
Just trying to start an interesting topic here, if rebirth is in fact true...what would you like to be reborn as? a human again? if so describe (gender, race, appearance, etc.)...a bird?, a bear?, maybe not even in this planet?

I know in Buddhism the main goal is to escape rebirth but just for fun, let her rip.
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  • PietroPumokinPietroPumokin
    edited January 2010
    a sunflower! or, a bodhisattva with six arms and a pair of wings
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited January 2010
    A hitherto undiscovered member of a rare species which would bring me an awful lot of attention, care, preservation and examination...

    What Ego? :lol::lol:
  • FoibleFullFoibleFull Canada Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I would like to reborn as a chocolate donut ... the sum of all good things, desired by all!
  • Quiet_witnessQuiet_witness Veteran
    edited January 2010
    If I were to choose human, I would want to be born in a place where I could live more naturally and without so many distractions. Skin color (browner), gender: I like male but female might be interesting.
  • kstep123kstep123
    edited January 2010
    Robot. Haha

    I've always wanted to be a bird. An eagle would be cool.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    A human, of course. Only as a human do I have any shot at all at enlightenment.

    Palzang
  • BodiBodi
    edited January 2010
    I'd like to be human, but perhaps from a different background. Someone who has what he/she needs to get by. With a big great family/community support network. Filled withlife and love, untainted by western civilization. Pure, free and open. Oh and humble!



    Or a dolphin!
  • bluefaceblueface
    edited January 2010
    Coral- interbeing no problem and can go with the flow:)
    last thing i'd be would be a human
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Yeah, definitely human. And male, just in case those Thai patriarch monks are right. And headed straight for the monastery. I wish that more than I've ever wished anything for myself in my whole life.

    I just want it to end.
  • MaxHMaxH
    edited January 2010
    If rebirth is true I will accept whatever fate awaits. Do I have any other choice? If this life is not my first, it has been a pretty interesting run. Suffering has not been fun but I have learned quite a bit, especially much that I thought I knew was incorrect.
  • BrotherBobBrotherBob
    edited January 2010
    Bodhisattva?
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited January 2010
    an english muffin... about to make the most out of a toaster. I'd ease on down.....Coming up brown!
  • BrotherBobBrotherBob
    edited January 2010
    Thanks Jeffrey,

    I was just going shopping, now I have something else to put on the list! ummmmm - is it craving? aaw heck!

    Shalom and Hugs
  • NamelessRiverNamelessRiver Veteran
    edited January 2010
    A cobra that spits for nastiness factor;
    One of those vampire moths for sci-fi weirdness factor;
    A banana slug just because I like yellow;
    Or a monkey just because I like bananas.
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited January 2010
    A flying spaghetti monster
  • TerrobiteTerrobite
    edited January 2010
    Like some sort of Angel in a different realm.

    But really I'd prefer not to be reborn.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Terrobite wrote: »
    But really I'd prefer not to be reborn.

    Good luck on that one!

    Palzang
  • NomaDBuddhaNomaDBuddha Scalpel wielder :) Bucharest Veteran
    edited March 2010
    I'd like to be born as a human male , but with a more yellow skin, and slanted eyes. Maybe a japanese, or mongolian :D.
  • DeshyDeshy Veteran
    edited March 2010
    I don't like to be reborn
  • DeshyDeshy Veteran
    edited March 2010
    NamelessRiver wrote: »
    A cobra that spits for nastiness factor;
    One of those vampire moths for sci-fi weirdness factor;
    A banana slug just because I like yellow;
    Or a monkey just because I like bananas.

    I think Mara is after you :lol:
  • StephenStephen
    edited March 2010
    It distracts from the goal to speculate about future rebirth conditions, being that the goal is to reach the end of these rebirths. It becomes a fetter; craving for becoming. Rather, it already is a fetter and we have to learn to let it go.

    That being said, of course being reborn as a human is the most favorable condition for the achievement of Nibbana. We shouldn't wish or expect for any particular nationality or set of attributes.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited March 2010
    What, Stephen, you think we're having a serious discussion here?! HA! :D

    Palzang
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited March 2010
    Deshy wrote: »
    I don't like to be reborn

    Get enlightened.
  • StephenStephen
    edited March 2010
    Palzang wrote: »
    What, Stephen, you think we're having a serious discussion here?!

    My bad. ;) I generally answer questions in a certain way since my own awakening experience and subsequent confidence in the teachings. I'm not such a formal person if you really know me, but sometimes I forget that the question isn't meant to be serious.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited March 2010
    'S OK. We do a good job of confusing ourselves here anyway.

    Palzang
  • upekkaupekka Veteran
    edited March 2010
    Palzang wrote: »
    We do a good job of confusing ourselves here anyway.

    Palzang

    true:)
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran
    edited March 2010
    kstep123 wrote: »
    Robot. Haha

    I've always wanted to be a bird. An eagle would be cool.

    I'd like to fly. It's difficult being a porpoise.:lol:

    P
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited March 2010
    porpoise wrote: »
    I'd like to fly.

    Flying is very cool. Been doing it since I was 18 (that's many years, if you're counting). My latest incarnation as a pilot is flying sailplanes. Absolutely the coolest! It's almost like meditating when you release from the tow plane and are plunged into utter silence, suspended in space. Here I am with a ****-eating grin on my face during my first solo flight in a glider last summer. And another shot looking out over the instrument panel. It doesn't get any better than this in this lifetime! :)

    Mtns

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  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited March 2010
    Oh wow.....toooo cool!
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited March 2010
    Oh, man, I want a ride! I've always wanted to sailplane! I've always loved flying too. Probably how I ended up in the Air Force (where I did get to fly, albeit as a crew member).

    Palzang
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited March 2010
    The USAF wouldn't let me fly, period. They said I had mitral valve prolapse, which I didn't then and never did. After they'd promised me a job as a pilot and even cut orders for me to go to pilot training. But I'm so glad it worked out that way now!

    Anyone who finds him or herself in beautiful southwest Virginia, give me a shout. I'd be happy to take you for a ride! :)

    Mtns
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited March 2010
    They wouldn't let me be a pilot because I wore glasses, which was OK because I didn't really want to be a pilot, but it was fun flying. Especially the time when I got to ride up in the cockpit of a C-130 coming in for a landing in Japan through a cloud bank at sunset and breaking through the clouds right over Mt. Fuji, which was bathed in this red-orange light. Wow!

    Palzang
  • DeshyDeshy Veteran
    edited March 2010
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  • DeshyDeshy Veteran
    edited March 2010
    :lol::lol::lol:
  • DeshyDeshy Veteran
    edited March 2010
    Yeah, I don't have work today.
  • siddhartasiddharta
    edited March 2010
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  • louiselouise
    edited March 2010
    i would love to come back as a woman living in tibet, with the himalayas in my sight and a happy heart,:)
  • skydancerskydancer Veteran
    edited March 2010
    I would like to have precious human rebirth again and again until I and all sentient beings are enlightened.
  • bushinokibushinoki Veteran
    edited March 2010
    I don't know hwat I would be. maybe a turn as a woman, just becuase I'm the curious type and wonder what the difference is.
  • MarmaladeMarmalade
    edited March 2010
    A cloud!

    You get to just float around and watch the world go by, not a care in the world :)
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited March 2010
    Interestingly, the Japanese word for a novice Zen monk is unsui, which means cloud/water, meaning "to drift like clouds and flow like water."

    Palzang
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited March 2010
    :)


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  • InmostLightInmostLight
    edited April 2010
    A goldfish, they totally live in the moment without even trying :D
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited April 2010
    rbastien wrote: »
    A goldfish, they totally live in the moment without even trying :D

    You could say the same about almost any animal except homo sapiens. I admire dogs for their ability to be totally focused on now. Not yesterday, not tomorrow. Just now. Right this second.

    Mtns
  • StarInTheDarkStarInTheDark
    edited April 2010
    Cats seem very peaceful (if they have a nice home, of course). My cat's always outside and having fun, I'd love to be him for a day.
  • CharlesLao7CharlesLao7
    edited April 2010
    I would like to be reborn when humans have developed interstellar space-travel. I would love to travel to the Stars...
  • Micsunderland3Micsunderland3
    edited April 2010
    Id love to be reborn as an ant.

    I think id do very well as just shutting up and doing my ant labor.
  • shanyinshanyin Novice Yogin Sault Ontario Veteran
    edited April 2010
    I'd like to reborn as my own grandson.
  • OlarteOlarte
    edited April 2010
    A tree, from a small delicate bonsai to a mighty oak.

    All trees are beautiful, majestic, peaceful and unique!

    One of my favorite activities is to take a walk or drive and appreciate the beauty, and elegance of each tree I meet along the way :)
  • lightwithinlightwithin Veteran
    edited May 2010
    I'd like to be a human again, because that's the only way I'd get to practice the Dhamma and reach enlightenment. But if that can't be, then I'd choose to be a beautiful, free, majestic bird, like an eagle. (Hope I don't get hunted and stuffed tho. haha).
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