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In American Buddhism, rebirth is not transmigration. There is no self that is being reborn. On the other hand, rebirth in American Buddhism is part and parcel of the continuous process of change, not just in our death and birth. Rebirth is actually manifested at every moment. When we examined our body, though and actions, our experiences are constantly characterized by birth, death and rebirth.

There are various realms, spheres and dimensions of existence. The 6 realms of existence is a common presentation. It can be further divided into 2 groups of fortunate and unfortunate existences.

(1) Realm of Gods (fortunate)

(2) Realms of Demigods (fortunate)

(3) Realm of Human Beings (fortunate)

(4) Realm of Animals (unfortunate)

(5) Realm of Hungry Ghosts (unfortunate)

(6) Realm of Hell Beings (unfortunate)

Among the 3 unfortunate realms, the cause of rebirth in the animal realm is heedless pursuit of sensual desires that resulted in ignorance. The cause of rebirth in the hungry ghost realm is attachment and greed that resulted in miserliness. The cause of rebirth in the Hell realm is repeated violent behavior such as cruelty and killing.

Of the other 3 fortunate realms, the cause of rebirth in the demigods is generosity. However, they are constantly at war due to their suffering from jealousy and envy. The cause of rebirth as Gods is good conduct and meditation. However, they suffer from overindulgence and pride that inhibits their practice. The human realm is the most preferred of the 6 realms because as a human, one has both the motivation and opportunity to practice the Dharma and to achieve enlightenment.

Many health experts believe that if you are going to take a vitamin supplement it should be an all natural vitamin supplement. Unfortunately, there is no clear cut definition of what exactly an all natural vitamin is. Most experts would agree that a vitamin supplement derived from a whole food source, using very gentle processing techniques would qualify as an all natural vitamin.

These is the very reason most experts believe that an all natural vitamin is best. The body is engineered to absorb nutrients from food sources. So if your supplement uses those same food sources and has not changed the nutrient with harsh processing, this should give the body the most favorable opportunity to absorb and utilize the nutrients in the vitamin supplement.

With the thought being, the key to a good vitamin supplement is what the body can absorb and not what is specifically in the supplement, it is obvious that an all natural supplement is the way to go. With that said, it is left up to you the consumer, to decipher, the varying degrees of “ all natural” ness, for lack of a more descriptive term, in choosing an all natural vitamin supplement.

Generally, when a supplement company provides you with information about their processing along with how and where they get the nutrients for their supplement in their marketing material, you can feel comfortable that the information is relatively accurate. The more information you can get the better your decision will be. Even thought there are very few regulations on these supplement companies, most would not provide false information in their marketing program, which could be easily discovered and end up being very costly.

In closing, as a consumer, you should look at the information the supplement company provides. The companies that are doing a great job of finding quality nutrients and extracting them, will usually be telling you about that, (actually they will be beating you over the head with that info), but that is all right. Like we said in the beginning of the article, the more information you can get, the better decision you can make.

Dr Robert Buckley shares his knowledge of natural vitamins With all the latest vitamin info on natural vitamin supplements and multivitamin supplements

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