I read the following on the internet: > If there is a Buddhist monk or nun who declared openly that rebirth > does not exist then I believe they would be asked to disrobe. If they > refused then they would be ostracised by the community. I also read the following on the internet by a monk named Yuttadhammo: > The entire premise of your question is faulty, unfortunately. The > Buddha never, afaik, used a term that could be translated as > "rebirth". In fact, the idea of anything being reborn goes against > orthodox early Buddhist teachings. Throughout the Buddha's teachings, > it is made clear that at the breakup of the body there is birth, not > rebirth - as in birth of new things, not the return of anything old. > > [Internet](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/10113/8157) Is denial of 'rebirth' a Parajika offense? Please provide answers from Sutta or Vinaya?