Did Pudgalavada Buddhists claim the the "person" existed between lives and / or in one life?
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Did Pudgalavada Buddhists claim the the "person" existed between lives and / or in one life?
The Pudgalavadins were an old school of Buddhists who thought there was a person. I'm currently unclear whether that is ultimately, in the sense that Theravada and Mahayana Buddhists use the term 'ultimate'.
They debated about this with e.g. the Vibhajyavada sect, which I think later became Theravada Buddhism. You can read about the canonical dismissal of it in Theravada Buddhism in the 1st chapter of their Kathavatthu .
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To clarify, one of my links say
> It is this self, they maintained, that dies and is reborn through
> successive lives in Samsara, continuing to exist until enlightenment
> is attained.
Is this the *same* person, each life?
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Nov 13, 2017, 04:36 PM
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