Did buddha remember past life

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Did buddha remember past life

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The question i have. Did Buddha remember past lifes ? If so which suthra does he talk about them?
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Of course He did. It's part of the many supernormal powers that He possessed, also called the Direct Knowledges (abhinna) as described in MN 12 ( http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .ntbb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )..
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santa100 wrote:Of course He did. It's part of the many supernormal powers that He possessed, also called the Direct Knowledges (abhinna) as described in MN 12 ( http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .ntbb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )..
That's the one I always fall back on: "I recalled my varied lot in former existences as follows: first one life, then two lives,
then three, four, five, ten, twenty, up to fifty lives, then a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand and so forth."
Now having obtained a precious human body,
I do not have the luxury of remaining on a distracted path.

~ Tibetan Book of the Dead
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Testament to the unimaginable potential of a purified mind..
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interesting santa 100. thank you. last night i was thinking if i die what will happen.

Is it true the buddha was once born as animals too? :jawdrop:

Has anyone here remember such things?
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Sure, they're all in the Jataka Tales ( http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )
It'd be an impossible probability for any of us (including our great Buddha) to not have wandering across any of the 6 realms during this beginningless journey of samsara..
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scary. last night i was thinking how great it will be if when i die i am dead and nothing more :thinking:
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That's why it's extremely fortunate for those who're able to hear, learn, and practice the precious Dhamma in their life time so that they'd know what to do to avoid being reborn into states of woe and to head toward final liberation..
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