trying to get this re-init issue right.

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@@ -37515,7 +37515,20 @@ you any distress.  You are free from conceptuality or any form of
 objectifying.  And so it really does help you, in allowing you to be free from
 being caught up in the play of emotions like hatred, attachment, and the like.
 (p.162)
-
   -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great
      Perfection", translated by Thupten Jinpa and Richard Barron, foreword by
      Sogyal Rinpoche, edited by Patrick Gaffney, published by Snow Lion Pub.
+~
+  The quality of one's rebirth in the next life is determined by the quality
+of one's mental activity in this life.  Generally speaking, we have no power
+to choose how we are born; it is dependent on karmic forces.  However, the
+period near the time of death is very influential in terms of activating one
+from among the many karmas that a person has already accumulated, and,
+therefore, if one makes particular effort at generating a virtuous attitude at
+that time, there is an opportunity to strengthen and activate a virtuous
+karma.  Moreover, when one has developed high realization and has gained
+control over how one will be reborn, it is possible to take what is called
+"reincarnation" rather than mere rebirth.(p.42)
+  -- H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, "The Dalai Lama at Harvard:
+     Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace", translated and edited by Jeffrey
+     Hopkins, published by Snow Lion Publications