This chapter rehearses the religious and philosophical background against which the Buddha’s ideas on kamma, samsara, and rebirth were formulated. It also argues that the Buddha’s ideas should be understood within the broader context of his meditative practices and his most basic insight that who we are and what we think exists is a function of our mind, its cognitive or intellectual powers, and the actions that we will or intend.
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