Reincarnation and Karma

Watch deeply the following video of Thầy Pháp Đăng's answer to the question about Reincarnation and Karma.

The followings are the key phrases excerpted from the video.

< Key phrases >

Usually we think about reincarnation means you die and you reborn. But actually reincarnation is every moment of your life. Your body dies, your body born. You know. Hundred thousand cells die, hundred thousand cells born again. So, we are reincarnated in every moment of our life. That's for the body. Our mind also, our mind activity dies, then our mind activity born again.

By the law of karma, when you listen to the sound of the bell and you are really practicing in and out, so the sound of the bell is the cause, and breathing in and out is the practice, and bringing peace and happiness is the effect. So, the law of cause and effect is happening every moment of our life. It's the action that we relate to what is happening in the environment. 

So, everything in life just goes according to the law of cause and effect. And reincarnation doesn't mean you die and you reborn. But reincarnation is every moment of your life. The moment of death is just one of the moments of death. So, if we understand like this, we understand very clear about the nature of impermanence, no self, cause and effect. What comes out to the consequences depends on how you lived your life.

In Plum Village, Thay doesn't say this word (reincarnation) but actually in the essence there is a lot. Reincarnation, law of karma is always there. But he doesn't say the actual word. 

(My commentary)

I understand that Thầy Pháp Đăng explained about reincarnation according to the interdependent co-arising, or the ultimate truth in the historical dimension (phenomenal world), using the notion of birth and death. I wonder why he didn't answer according to the ultimate truth in the ultimate dimension (noumenal world) in addition. Birth and death are just notions. The truth is that there is no birth and no death. Nothing can be born and die according to the law of conservation of energy and mass. So, there is only continuation in different forms. Reincarnation is also just a notion, not the reality if it means that the soul leaves the body upon death and enters into a new body. As Thay said, only karma may be true reincarnation. 

And I understand that the reason why Thay doesn't use the word of reincarnation and karma is to avoid the deluded Buddhism like Tibetan Buddhism. It explains that the soul leaves the body upon death. But the truth is that the body and mind are always together.

(Cf.) 
http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/implicate-order-explicate-order
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B014NYEP04

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We are our actions.

Read deeply the following Thay's words on actions (karma).
https://www.facebook.com/mindfulnessbell/posts/1075397465885157

"Every thought we produce, every word we produce, every physical act we do never dies. Nothing dies. Those actions continue always. That is your continuation. You think you’re just this physical body—that is not Right View. You are much more than this body. You are your actions. What I think, what I say, what I do, those are my continuation, and they will bring consequences. And whether those consequences are beautiful or not depends entirely on the quality of the actions." 
– Thich Nhat Hanh, "Interbeing, the Four Noble Truths, and Right View"

(My commentary)
We sow or plant the seeds of mental formations in our store consciousness (alaya) through our physical, verbal and mental actions (karma). And when those seeds are watered or touched, they will manifest in our mind consciousness as mental formations. That's why our actions (karma) never die and continue always. So, all actions (karma) are our continuation. This may be called as the true reincarnation. What we should do is the selective watering to the wholesome seeds through mindfulness, and the transformation of the unwholesome seeds to the wholesome seeds by embracing our mental formations and understanding the root cause through deep looking.

Read deeply the following Thay's Dharma talk summary on Interbeing, the Four Noble Truths, and Right View.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_vcianSBGpHOVV0eXU3b1VNWnM/view
The followings are excerpts.

"Dear friends, in classical science represented by Newton, things are separate. The seed is outside the plant; the plant is outside the seed. But in quantum physics, we begin to see things differently. Things are no longer outside of each other but are actually in each other."

(My commentary)
I understand that the seed is liken to awareness and the plant is liken to body. David Bohm said, "The implicate, or the enfolded order unfolds into the explicate order, or everything separate." 
(The explicate, or the unfolded order enfolds into the implicate order.) And I understand that the implicate order means awareness in the noumenal world (ultimate dimension) and the explicate order means body in the phenomenal world (historical dimension). In other words, David Bohm said, "Everything is internally related to everything. Everything contains everything." David Bohm also said, "Now, the implicate order would help us to see that, to see everything enfolds, everybody, not merely depends on everybody, but actually everybody is everybody in a deeper sense. See, we are the earth because all our substance comes from the earth and goes back."

(Cf.) http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/implicate-order-explicate-order

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Reincarnation, Rebirth and Continuation +α

Watch the following Thay's Dharma Talk deeply.

The followings are the excerpts that I feel precious.

(from 1:00:23)
So, the insight of impermanence, the insight of no self can help everyone, including the judges, politicians and so on. Nothing can remain the same forever, even for two consecutive moments. 

In the beginning, we had another verse for listening to the bell. 
  "I listen, I listen, this wonderful sound brings me back to my 
  true self." 
  (I, me, my = ego or separate self, true self = non-separate self) 
But many people did not understand the word, 'self'. The Buddhism does not teach, does not acknowledge the existence of 'self'. Why do you say, "I listen, I listen, this wonderful sound brings me back to my true self."? I think if we should not be dogmatic, we can speak about the self. If we understand that self is made only of non-self elements. Self the self if there is a self. And then the self is made only of non-self elements. So, it's equal to non-self. So, we should not be caught in words. To say there is no self, that is correct. But to say there is a self, that is correct also if you understand that self is made of non-self elements. You see? So, you don't have to fight. Buddhism is very tolerant. If you are not tolerant, you are not open, you are not a Buddhist. You don't claim that you alone retain the truth. 

(from 1:09:08) 
So, things are always changing and taking new forms. That is reincarnation. That is rebirth. And you don't need to wait until disintegration of this body in order to be reborn, to be continued.  ... 

So, if you are a student of Tibetan Buddhism, you don't need to wait until your teacher dies in order to go and look for his rebirth. He is around already. He is maybe in you. And you can identify him while your teacher is alive. You can identify his continuation while he is still alive with his present body.  ... 

So, we have to learn to see ourselves differently. We should not identify ourselves as this body only, this feelings, emotions, perceptions and mental formations only. Everyday you produce a lot of thoughts, speeches and actions. And these (karma) will continue you. ... 

You continue always with your karma like the clouds continue always with the river, with the ocean, with the snow, with the tea and with your ice cream. ... 

Birth and death happen in every moment. This very moment, many thousands of thousands of cells are dying in their bodies. That is happening now. Don't think that death will be later on. It will be when you reach the age of 80 or 90. No. Death is taking place right in this moment. You are dying now, in the here and the now. 

Why are you so afraid of dying? Because you are dying in every moment now. Many cells are dying so that many other cells are born. And this moment you are born. You have a happy birthday all the time. A happy moment every time. 

We are so busy. We don't have a time to organize funerals of our cells. We don't have a time to celebrate birthdays of our new cells. The birth and death are always together. Without one or the other can not be. Birth goes with death all the time. ... 

So, you are reborn in every moment of your daily life. And meditation allows you to see your rebirth. Every time you produce your thought, you are reborn for the better or the worse. And we are responsible for our actions because every thought, every speech and every action carries our signature. You are a river and you have a name.

(from 1:24:52)
If you are a skilled practitioner, and with only one in-breath you can transform a painful feeling into joy. A mindful in-breath can shed a lot of light on that, on the suffering. 

(My commentary)
As Thay said, we need to be careful about Tibetan Buddhism because the rebirth must come after the death in their understanding. They believe that the subtle consciousness leaves the body after the death. 

We need to understand that there are two versions of self. One is ego = separate self, and the other is true self = non-separate self, or awareness. Enlightenment or awakening means self-transformation from ego to awareness.

Thay explained about Right Thinking. I understand what it means. But the word, 'Thinking' is very confusing. That's because all thoughts cause separations which brings about afflictions and sufferings. So, every thinking is Wrong Thinking and non-thinking is Right Thinking. In this sense, in order to avoid misunderstanding, 'attaining insight' is much better than 'Right Thinking'.

(Cf.) http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/spiritual-ancestors
http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/3-versions-of-oneself

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Deluded Buddhism (Reincarnation and Rituals)

Read the following interview with Thich Nhat Hanh.
http://www.lionsroar.com/be-beautiful-be-yourself-january-2012/

The followings are excerpts regarding Reincarnation and Rituals.

Quote:
Q: Do you have to believe in reincarnation to be a Buddhist?

A: Reincarnation means there is a soul that goes out of your body and enters another body. That is a very popular, very wrong notion of continuation in Buddhism. If you think that there is a soul, a self, that inhabits a body, and that goes out when the body disintegrates and takes another form, that is not Buddhism.

When you look into a person, you see five skandhas, or elements: form, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness. There is no soul, no self, outside of these five, so when the five elements go to dissolution, the karma, the actions, that you have performed in your lifetime is your continuation. What you have done and thought is still there as energy. You don’t need a soul, or a self, in order to continue.

It’s like a cloud. Even when the cloud is not there, it continues always as snow or rain. The cloud does not need to have a soul in order to continue. There’s no beginning and no end. You don’t need to wait until the total dissolution of this body to continue—you continue in every moment. Suppose I transmit my energy to hundreds of people; then they continue me. If you look at them and you see me, well, you have seen me. If you think that I am only this (body) [points to himself], then you have not seen me. But when you see me in my speech and my actions, you see that they continue me. When you look at my disciples, my students, my books, and my friends, you see my continuation. I will never die. There is a dissolution of this body, but that does not mean my death. I continue, always.

That is true of all of us. You are more than just this body because the five skandhas are always producing energy. That is called karma or action. But there is no actor—you don’t need an actor. Action is good enough. This can be understood in terms of quantum physics. Mass and energy, and force and matter—they are not two separate things. They are the same.

Q: Can a ceremony make someone a Buddhist?

A: No, it’s not by ceremony that you become a Buddhist. It is by committing to practice. Buddhists get caught in a lot of rituals and ceremonies, but the Buddha does not like that. In the sutras, specifically in the teaching given by the Buddha right after his enlightenment, he said that we should be free from rituals. You do not get enlightenment or liberation just because you perform rituals, but people have made Buddhism heavily ritualistic. We are not nice to the Buddha.

Q: What do you think makes someone a Buddhist?

A: A person may not be called a Buddhist, but he can be more Buddhist than a person who is. Buddhism is made of mindfulness, concentration, and insight. If you have these things, you are a Buddhist. If you don’t, you aren’t a Buddhist. When you look at a person and you see that she is mindful, she is compassionate, she is understanding, and she has insight, then you know that she is a Buddhist. But even if she’s a nun and she does not have these energies and qualities, she has only the appearance of a Buddhist, not the content of a Buddhist.
:Unquote

(My commentary)
I really feel that Thay's teachings are authentic Buddha's teachings. And I also agree with Thay that reincarnation and too much rituals are two examples of the deluded Buddhism. I know that Tibetan Buddhism teaches that the subtle consciousness leaves the body upon so-called death. And surprisingly, I also know that even Thay's one disciple (a Dharma teacher) stated, "the Buddha said that when we leave this body, we take with us the consequences of our actions." As Thay mentioned, that is the deluded Buddhism. The body and consciousness inter-are. Consciousness is always with the body, so can't leave the body. Consciousness can't exist alone apart from the body. That is the authentic Buddha's teaching. 

As for rituals, I entirely agree to the Buddha's words, "We should be free from rituals." And I entirely agree to Thay's words, "It’s not by ceremony that you become a Buddhist. It is by committing to practice. ... You do not get enlightenment or liberation just because you perform rituals." Thay's words of "Buddhism is made of mindfulness, concentration, and insight" is simple but very persuasive.

(Cf.): 
http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/spacetime-continuum-in-4-ways
http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/spiritual-ancestors

Life after Death (2)

Watch the following Thay's video on "Is there life after death?" deeply.

The followings are the excerpts.

Quote:
And scientists have already pronounced (prevacally?) that there is no birth and no death. Nothing is created, nothing is lost. There is only transformation. So, transformation is possible, is real. And birth and death are not real. What you call birth and death, are only transformation. ... When you look at the blue sky, you don't see your cloud anymore. You think your cloud has died. But in fact, your cloud continues always in the form of rain and so on. So, birth and death are seen only on the surface. If you go down, deep down, there is no birth and no death. There is only continuation. And when you touch the continuation, the nature of no birth and no death, you are no longer afraid of dying. 

And not only the Buddhists speak of no birth and no death but science also speaks of no birth and no death. They can exchange their findings. It is very interesting. This is an invitation for us to live our life more deeply so that we can touch our true nature of no birth and no death. And Thay's answer, I know, is only an invitation to practice. We have to live our life more mindfully with concentration so that we can be in touch deeply with what is happening. And then we have a chance to touch the true nature of reality, no birth and no death. And that is described in Buddhism with the term of Nirvana. Nirvana is no birth and no death. 

And in Christianity, you may call it the ultimate, God. God is our true nature of no birth and no death. And we don't have to go and find God. God is our true nature. It's like a wave. A wave believes that she is subjected to birth and death. And every time she comes up and begins to go down, she is afraid of dying. A wave is afraid of dying. But if the wave realizes that she is water, she is no longer afraid. Before going up, she is water. Going down, she is water. And after going down, she continues to be water. There is no death. 

So, it is very important that the wave do some meditation and realizes that she is wave but she is at the same time water. And when she knows she is water, she is no longer afraid of dying. She feels wonderful going up, she feels wonderful going down. She is free from fear. And our cloud is also like that. They are not afraid of dying. They know that if they are not a cloud, they can be something else, equally beautiful like the rain or the snow. 

So, the wave does not go and look for water. She doesn't have to go and search for water because she is water in the here and the now. The same thing is true with God. We don't have to look for God. We are God. God is our true nature. You don't have to go and look for nirvana. Nirvana is our ground. That is the teaching of the Buddha. And a number of us have been able to realize that. We enjoy the present moment. We know that it is impossible for us to die. 
:Unquote

(My commentary)
For everything (including humans) in the phenomenal world, there is only continuation by changing forms. Nothing can be created and nothing can be destroyed. And the total sum of the energy and mass is conserved in ecosystem according to the law of conservation of energy and mass (E=mc2). Therefore, birth and death are nothing but notions created by humans. The truth is there is no birth and no death. There is only continuation. Everything will continue in different forms eternally. 

Thay understands this ultimate truth deeply but explained about life after death based on interbeing, or emptiness by using the conventional truth (by using the notion of birth and death). In the phenomenal world (outside world in space and time), the pairs of opposites are empty of separate existence and are interdependent co-arising. In other words, they are two sides of the same coin. So, if death is there, birth is there at the same time. It is like that the death of the cloud is the birth of the rain. Both of the cloud and the rain is water. They just continue in different form. Water never dies and never be born. Water is always water. 

And the same thing can be said to humans also. Humans are always the whole cosmos because we are made of the whole cosmos such as water, air, earth and sunshine. If we understand this ultimate truth of no birth and no death, we will be able to throw away all notions and attain full enlightenment. Meanwhile, in the noumenal world (inside world without space and time), nothing can exist because there is no space and time. And only awareness (Buddha nature or Divine nature) can live in both worlds at the same time because awareness transcends space and time.

(Cf.) http://compassion5151.blogspot.jp/2016/04/notice-of-private-lessons-for-one-more.html
http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/light-and-darkness
http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/spiritual-ancestors
http://compassion5151.blogspot.jp/2015/09/is-there-life-after-death.html
http://compassion5151.blogspot.jp/2015/09/we-are-god.html

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Life after Death (1)

Watch the following Thay's video on "Is there life after death?" deeply.

The followings are the excerpts.

Quote:
Life is always with death at the same time. Not only before. And it can not be separated with death. Where there is life, there is death. And where there is death, there is life. 

And this needs a little bit of meditation. In Buddhism, we speak of 'interbeing'. It means that you can not be by yourself alone. You have to inter-be with the other side. It's like the left and the right. If the right is not there, the left can not be. If the left is not there, the right can not be. It's not possible to take the left away from the right. It's not possible to take the right away from the left.  ... The right and the left, they want to be together. Because without the other, you can not be. It's very clear like the above and the below. The above can not be there if there is no below. And that is what in Buddhism we call 'interbeing'. They have to be there at the same time. 

So, when God said, "Let the light be", and the light said, "Well, I have to wait, my God, I have to wait." "But what are you waiting?" "I am waiting for darkness to manifest together. Because light and darkness, they inter-are." And God said, "Darkness is already there." And the light said, "In that case, I am already there." 

So, that is true with good and evil, before and after, here and there, you and I. I can not be there without you. The lotus flower can not be there without the mud. Without the mud, there is no lotus possible. There is no happiness without suffering. There is no life without death. 

And when the biologists observes the body of a human being, they see that life and death happen at the same time in the body, the body of a human being. They see that life and death happen at the same time in the body. In this very moment, thousands and thousands of cells are dying. When you scratch like this, many dry cells fall down. They have died. And many cells die every moment of our daily life. Because you are so busy, you don't notice that you are dying. If they die, you are dying. You think that you don't die yet, you have to wait for 50 or 70 years later in order to die a death. Not true. Death is not down the road, death is right here and right now. So, death is happening in the here and now at each moment. 

And because of the dying of a number of cells, the birth of other cells is possible. So, many cells are being born in the present moment. And we don't have the time to organize a happy birthday for them. So, the fact is that scientifically speaking, you can already see birth and death happening in the present moment. And because of the dying of cells, the birth of cells is possible. Because the birth of cells is possible, the dying of cells is possible. They lean on each other to be. 

So, you are experiencing dying and being born in every moment. Don't think you were only born on that moment. That moment written on your birth certificate is just one moment. And that is not the first moment. Before that moment, there were moments you were already there. Before you were conceived in the womb of your mother, you had already been there in your father and in your mother in another form. So, there is no birth, no really beginning and there is no ending.

So, when we know that birth and death are together always, we are no longer afraid of dying. Because at the moment of dying, there is birth also. Birth comes with death. There they can't be separated. This is a very deep meditation. And you should not meditate with your brain alone. You have to observe life during your daily life. And you see birth and death inter-are in everything. Trees, animals, weather, matter, energy. 
:Unquote

(My commentary)
For everything (including humans) in the phenomenal world, there is only continuation by changing forms. Nothing can be created and nothing can be destroyed. And the total sum of the energy and mass is conserved in ecosystem according to the law of conservation of energy and mass (E=mc2). Therefore, birth and death are nothing but notions created by humans. The truth is there is no birth and no death. There is only continuation. Everything will continue in different forms eternally. 

Thay understands this ultimate truth deeply but explained about life after death based on interbeing, or emptiness by using the conventional truth (by using the notion of birth and death). In the phenomenal world (outside world in space and time), the pairs of opposites are empty of separate existence and are interdependent co-arising. In other words, they are two sides of the same coin. So, if death is there, birth is there at the same time. It is like that the death of the cloud is the birth of the rain. Both of the cloud and the rain is water. They just continue in different form. Water never dies and never be born. Water is always water. 

And the same thing can be said to humans also. Humans are always the whole cosmos because we are made of the whole cosmos such as water, air, earth and sunshine. If we understand this ultimate truth of no birth and no death, we will be able to throw away all notions and attain full enlightenment. Meanwhile, in the noumenal world (inside world without space and time), nothing can exist because there is no space and time. And only awareness (Buddha nature or Divine nature) can live in both worlds at the same time because awareness transcends space and time.

(Cf.) http://compassion5151.blogspot.jp/2016/04/notice-of-private-lessons-for-one-more.html
http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/light-and-darkness
http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/spiritual-ancestors
http://compassion5151.blogspot.jp/2015/09/is-there-life-after-death.html
http://compassion5151.blogspot.jp/2015/09/we-are-god.html

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Supernatural power

Watch the following Thay's video.

Quote:
There is a view of eternalism. Eternalism, that means you have a soul that is eternal. And after you die, that soul remains intact and go to another body and continue like that. That is the eternalism. And then, the other extreme is that after you die, well there is nothing left. Nihilism. And nirvana is the extinction of these two views, nihilism and eternalism. And even in a life of a person, the lifetime of a person, when you grow a ten-year old, you are no longer the same with when you were five. So, you were five and you are ten. You are neither the same nor different person. So, the notion of the same and different should be transcended also. 

So, if you don't see that kind of light, you don't really understand the rebirth in Buddhism. You may get caught in the view of eternalism. And you are not different from strange man who hold the view that there is an immortal soul. In the light of the teaching, everything is impermanent. Nothing in the five skandhas can remain exactly the same in two consecutive moments. But nothing is lost. And creation in Buddhism means the manifestation. And from nothing you can't become something. So, creation, if we look deeply, it is really a continuation of manifestation. If you don't manifest in this way, and then you manifest in that way like the cloud and the snow. 

So, if you get that, you are no longer afraid. That is your supernatural power already. If you have non-fear, and then you are quite different from other people. Because we are subjected to our fear, fear of dying, fear of being nothing. But with non-fear in you, that deep wisdom in you, you become supernatural. You are no longer mortals. You don't need to be a God because a God is not supposed to be a human being. So, to say that the Buddha has a supernatural power, that is true also. But he doesn't need to be a God in order to have that. He needs only to have freedom. Freedom from wrong view, and freedom from fear. 

It's like the birth and death are like waves. And you are riding on a wave of birth and death and you go without fear. It's a wonderful, that is a supernatural power. And the Buddha did not encourage his disciples to perform miracles. He said that the greatest miracle is the miracle of teaching and transforming people. And that is the miracle that he do every day.
:Unquote

(My commentary)
We can never die but we just stop manifestation at the time of so-called death. Our disintegrated bodies keep existing in different forms such as water, air, earth (minerals), heat (energy). And when conditions are sufficient, they will manifest again in new forms. And each particle enfolds into consciousness (subconscious). Then, consciousness unfolds into new forms. So, our mind or spirit also continues. When we understand this mechanism, we will have non-fear.

(Cf.) http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/spiritual-ancestors

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Twelve Nidanas

Watch the following Thay's video from 1:05:55 to 1:54:35.

Twelve Nidanas (The Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-Arising):

1. Avidya 無明 (ignorance, delusion, wrong perceptions)  (karma)
                 思 (volition???)                                                        (cause)
2. Sanskara 行 (impulses, actions, dispositions)         past life ↑
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3. Vijñana 識 (consciousness) (imprinted karma)        this life   ↓
4. Namarupa 名色 (body and mind, name and form)             (effect)
5. Sadayatana 六入 (six sense organs and object)                 (ego)
6. Sparsa 触 (contact)
                  作意 (attention???)
7. Vedana 受 (feelings)                                                                  ↑            
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                                                        ―
                                                                                                          ↓ 
8. Trsna 愛 (craving, attachment)                                           (cause)
9. Upadana 取 (grasping)                                                         (karma)
10. Bhava 有 (existence, being)                                                    ↑
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11. Jati 生 (birth)                                                               next life  ↓
12. Jara-marana 老死 (old age and death)                              (effect)
                                                                                                        (ego)
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　三世四重因果

* The teaching of 12 Nidanas is not a teaching that can conduce to the ultimate truth. It can be used only in the level of the conventional truth. It has to explain the mechanism of rebirth. It is deluded Buddhism. It's not the Buddhism at its best. 

* Sanskara 行: formations (everything, phenomena) = impermanent

* 12 Nidanas is based on the delusion of ego (separate self). If it is based on the wisdom of enlightened person (awareness, non-separate self), it will be as follows: 
(5 Nidanas)
1. delusion               wisdom
      ↓                           ↓
2. formations            formations 
   (permanent, self) (impermanent, no-self, co-arising)
   (delusion)             (true nature of reality)
      ↓                           ↓
3. birth and death    no birth and no death
      ↓                           ↓
4. notion of being    free from notion of being and non-being
    and non-being
      ↓                           ↓
5. samsara                nirvana

⇒ My understanding of the mechanism of the continuation of everything is as follows:
1. Atoms may have minds.
Freeman John Dyson said, "Atoms in the laboratory are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the laws of quantum mechanics. It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every atom."

2. Body may enfold into consciousness. And consciousness may unfold into body.
David Joseph Bohm said, "The implicate order would help us to see that, to see everything enfolds, everybody, not merely depends on everybody, but actually everybody is everybody in a deeper sense. See, we are the earth because all our substance comes from the earth and goes back. The explicate, or the unfolded order enfolds into the implicate order. The implicate, or the enfolded order unfolds into the explicate order, or everything separate."

3. Body and mind (consciousness) will continue according to the law of conservation of energy and mass.
Albert Einstein proved "E = mc ²" scientifically.

⇒ My understanding of interdependent co-arising is as follows:
* We can understand that the pairs of opposites are two sides of the same coin through the notion of interdependent co-arising. In this stage, notions still remain. So, this stage is still the historical dimension.
* For the extinction of all notions, we need to understand the true nature of reality (no birth and no death nature of all phenomena) in addition to interdependent co-arising.
* Emptiness, or interdependent co-arising is the ultimate truth. So, there are two kinds of the ultimate truth. One is the ultimate truth in the phenomenal world, or the historical dimension. The other is the ultimate truth in the noumenal world, or the ultimate dimension. The following is the whole picture. http://compassion5151.blogspot.jp/2015/10/two-worlds-and-two-truths.html

(Cf.) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B014NYEP04

Thich Nhat Hanh & Martin Luther King Jr.