Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Even this memory is just a succession from moment to moment. The
karmic and mental factors are succeeded from moment to moment, and
no two moments are the same, and therefore no self, and therefore
it is not a permanent 'self' entity that is undergoing
reincarnation - but rather, it is rebirth OF the conditions - the
karmic and mental factors.
Lets not think about past-life first. Think about the present. We
are being reborn every moment. But we still can remember what we
did this morning. This is because our karmic and [b]mental
factors are being succeeded from moment to moment.[/b]
so are karmic effects permanent?