[Buddha-l] reincarnation versus rebirth

[Curt Steinmetz]

"To be born" also has a distinctly physical connotation to it - perhaps 
even more so that "incarnate". Neither the Buddha nor Julius Caesar were 
technically "born" since they did not pass through the "birth canal" on 
their way out into the world.
Curt

Margaret Gouin wrote:
> 2009/1/15 Curt Steinmetz <curt at cola.iges.org>
>
>   
>> To be born is to be incarnated, no? Ergo, to be reborn is to be
>> reincarnated.
>>
>> Actually, to be born in an incarnate (physical) form only applies to two
>>     
> realms--human and animal. The other four realms aren't physical forms, so
> how can rebirth there be reincarnation?
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