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Definition of Rebirths
1. rebirth [n] - See also: rebirth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebirths
Literary usage of Rebirths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems of Living by Jonathan Brierley (1903)
"The rebirths of Feeling. OUB histories, both of individuals and of nations, are
at best but the clumsiest of makeshifts. They are only approximations, ..."
2. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the by Nyanaponika A. Thera, Nyanaponika (1998)
"... four hundred and five hundred rebirths, one thousand rebirths, one hundred
thousand rebirths; he recollects many world-evolutions and world-devolutions: ..."
3. Srikrishna: His Life and Teachings by Phirendra Nath Pal (1901)
"We find Krishna belived in rebirths. He repeatedly said man cannot but act ...
These acts produce some results : the result of these results is rebirths. ..."
4. The Yoga-system of Patañjali: Or, The Ancient Hindu Doctrine of by Patañjali, Vyāsa, Vācaspatimiśra (1914)
"Accordingly in a sequence of liberations of the selves, one by one, because all
of them would be sef free, in a sequence of rounds-of-rebirths all [of these ..."
5. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"... ordinary soul ten rebirths, with a thousand years between rebirths, were needed
to complete the round before the soul could re-enter its heavenly home; ..."
6. Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesby Nyanatiloka by Nyanatiloka (1980)
"After having passed amongst the heavenly and human beings only seven times more
through the round of rebirths, he puts an end to suffering. ..."
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