From: utzoo!decvax!cca!z Newsgroups: net.philosophy Title: Re: The Soul of the Matter Article-I.D.: cca.4329 Posted: Sat Feb 12 22:24:04 1983 Received: Tue Feb 15 04:18:49 1983 References: sdccsu3.287 There are other alternatives besides those mentioned so far. For example, the Buddhists don't believe in any kind of a soul whatsoever, yet they are firm believers in reincarnation. An early test of a Buddhist monk's grasp of Buddhist philosophy is to properly explain this apparent contradiction.