MetaFilter posts tagged with reincarnation

Jesus Jehovavich

Secret Life of Gravy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:25:31 -0800

Welcome to the charming world of Vissarion: the Siberian, vegan, reincarnation of Christ, who also happens to be a Polygamist. When he lost his job as a traffic cop in 1991, Sergei Torop changed his name to Vissarion and began spreading his message about how to attain moral perfection, drive out negative energy, and survive the coming Apocalypse. Today the Community of Vassarion in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia numbers around 10,000, while a further 50,000 follow his teachings in the world beyond. The collection of official links in English An Interview by EnlightenNext Magazine Travel article about the community for Power Magazine Previously on Metafilter

Dead Funnies

cortex — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:34:42 -0800

The Comic Bardo Thodol, or: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Tibetan Book of the Dead but were afraid to not read in a streamlined comic context. [via mefi projects]

Dissociative fugue

homunculus — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:04:36 -0800

When a Brain Forgets Where Memory Is. Interesting article on dissociative fugue, the poorly understood memory disorder where people seem to forget who they are. [Via MindHacks.]

The fortynine days of death

hortense — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:00:13 -0800

BardoThodal the tibetian book of the dead, a way of life.This is what happens on the 49th day of our being dead. If you do not escape the Matrix, the day after you are inside a woman's womb. part one part two (Google video)

get an after-life.

all-seeing eye dog — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:47:24 -0800

Is there any real possibility of an after-life? Some argue that belief in the after-life is an inherently unfalsifiable proposition. Others argue that science has already ruled out the possibility. Buddhism takes a radically different view, embracing a conception of the after-life far different from any found in the Judeo-Christian faiths. What about the possibility of Eternal Recurrence, as proposed by Nietzsche? Just what do we mean when we speak of the "after-life" anyway?

a zen joke

crunchland — Sun, 09 Nov 2003 05:20:07 -0800

a buddhist adventure game

signal — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:06:45 -0800

Detailed instructions on how to give birth to the reincarnation of Dr Hans Fink of Portland Oregon. Or Mother Teresa. Or Lady Diana. Or anybody else you feel like. Isn't modern technology something?