““In the early Buddhist texts, the continuity of consciousness is likened to a flame that lights a candle, though nothing is transmitted from one to the other. No two moments of an individual's stream of consciousness are the same, yet actions give rise to consequences...even without an underlying soul or self, an individual's actions in one lifetime may have consequences in another. Although the stream of consciousness in one life is neither the same nor different than the stream that continues into the next, the imprints or potencies of actions imbue successive moments of consciousness with specific psychological tendencies.””
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