ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the extent to which Buddhist and Hindu scientists believe in the doctrine of rebirth and how they interpret it. The final or absolute reality in terms of these dhammas is the subject of debate in the broader Buddhist tradition, but insofar as this picture affects the status of the “self” the Buddhist tradition seems unanimous. The Buddhist view has implications for ones' understanding of the extended mind because it enlarges the timescale of human existence and adds a moral dimension based on the noble truths. David DeMoss proceeds to evaluate Buddhist craving within the context of the extended model of the self. Thus, craving is itself an extended process, and the extended model of the self may be used to interpret it as a function of agent-world circuitry, rather than the inner drive of a core self.
