According to Emmanuel , p. Therefore, a short remark m ay be sufficient here. The endless cycle of birth, rebirth, and redeath, is samsara. In countries in which Buddhism was adopted as the main religion without much competition from other religious disciplines, such as Thailand, the relation between the initiation of a layperson and the five precepts has been virtually non-existent. When, however, these seekers encounter the doctrine of rebirth, they often balk, convinced it just doesn't make sense.
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