Contents The Message in the Teachings of Kamma, Rebirth, & Saṃsāra 2 Contents 4 Preface 5 A Small Glossary 8 If We Wish to Understand… 13 Kamma 18 A Parallel from Physics 19 Water Seeking the Sea 21 The “Granny Mary” Gastronomic Parallel 24 The Gap 26 Imaginary Examples 28 Shabby Passenger 33 Nose Touching the Window 35 No Bananas on Apple-trees 37 The Laboratory of Dhamma 43 A Rucksack Full of Kamma? 48 Rebirth 51 A Little Exercise 52 What Is This “Me”? 53 Suffering Proper 57 The Impersonal “I” 60 The Micro-Level of Rebirth 62 The Yellowish Photograph 65 Saṃsāra 72 The Range of Human Experience 75 Solidity 81 “Objective Matter” 88 The Solidity of Ghosts 92 Some More Words… 94 Many Peaks on Mount Analogue 98 Notes 102
