We buddhists believe a living being ( layman ) is connected to a chain of lives. When we pass away from one life, we just stick to another life. There may or may not be a transition period which is bit controversial, but for a person who hasn't attain nirvana ( "Nibbana" -The ultimate goal in buddhism ) will have new life after the current one. In the new life , we can be a human, an animal or maybe a single celled being like amiba. The activities we perform in our current life and in past lives plays the major role in success of the new life after death. According to buddhism, it is not god's wish to make someone poor and some other person wish, it is our past life actions which determine the future life. Therefore Buddhists are not dependent upon a "highly powered, uncontrollable source".
Are we going our journey with a single "atman" like in Hindu? Of course not. The next life is like a mirror image of yours. If the mirror image is you , then there should be a duplicate of you in the world which is not true, but you can't argue that the mirror image doesn't represent you. Think about it. In the next life, you are not the same person as you are now, again you are not a different person into some extent. Simply, if we do good things, we gather good karma and you have the highest possibility to have a better life after death. So, why should we think of breaking the chain?. Lets take an example. Suppose you are the richest person in the world. Do you think that you would be free from all the problems in the world. No. You might have the risk of loosing your property. You maybe afraid that someone would break your record. That is life, we don't satisfy ourselves. We make our own goals and try to achieve and suffer. We need to get rid of continuous suffering.
This is just an overview of the life after death. There are many aspects in detail, which I would like to publish. Just let me know your thoughts
(published in All About Buddhism blog )
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I would definitely like to read more of your thoughts on this topic.
I would also like to hear more. Perhaps a section on the views of creation? Actually I would be happy with anything.
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I THINK WE HAVE A WAY OF EXPLAINING THE REBIRTH TO MODERN PEOPLE IE.ATHMA OR SPIRIT IS LIKE A RECORDED CD. YOU RECORD GOOD THINGS AND TAKE WHEREVER YOU WANT AND PLAY IN ANY OTHER PLAYER IT WILL PLAY WHAT YOU RECORDED AND IF SOME ONE ASKS YOU CAN WE SEE WHAT IS RECORDED NO YOU CAN NOT BUT YOU CAN HEAR WHEN YOU WANT. THE REBIRTH IS TOO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND ONE DAY THE SCIENCE WILL PROVE THE TRANSMISSION OF LIFE TO ANOTHER AND IT IS LIKE WE NEVER KNEW THE ELECTRICITY OR ANY OTHER POWER SUCH AS MAGNETIC ETC WERE THERE IN UNIVERSE BUT IN RECENT PAST ONLY THE SCIENTISTS STARTED FINDING THEM SO WILL BE THE REBIRTH AS LORD BUDDHA SAID.
this is a load of bullshit
When you say that you're the same between lives, do you mean that you adopt the same gender, body, beliefs, and so on, as basically a continuation of the last life?
From what I've seen in people who've done past life regressions, they can often come back as different genders and with characteristics, but their level of consciousness seems to carry over across lives.
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My name is natalie and i'm 14 years old. I was brought up a christain but i was always really sceptical about the meaning that that religion and not soon afterwards dropped it completly. The thing is though i really do believe that there is a higher being or place that you can reach and during an .R.E. lesson i discovered Buddhism. I've tried meditation a few times now and i get a real sense of feeling of myself and calmness. Now i'm really intrested in becoming a buddhist and i've been reasearching it all over the internet and trying to find some places where i can learn more about this religion. I'd really love to hear more about this and your veiws, i don't have an account but i have a messenger account, however i would like to hear a reply post or comment back before i hand out my email adress
many regards, Natalie
Personally, I found it a little too complex for what I needed to know!
I may know that people slander other religions because they cannot criticize it with proper facts, but it is still very saddening when you hear someone else speak ill of Buddhism, and what they say is not even true. I always disagree with them on the spot, but they will simply change the subject after realizing that you are a Buddhist and they don't want to hear you correcting them. They won't say sorry either.
I would love too!!!
I think would be interesting!
This is a bit complex for my R.S homework but I think I get the message about what you are talking about.
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So where is the end place? if you are reincarnated to the top of the chain, where do you go from there?
"Amiba" is actually spelt Amoeba .. Dumbass :D
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I have found some beautiful paasages in the bible. Yet many make no sense at all. Yet in the world of christianity we are expected to follow with blind faith. But in my opinion it's just not that cut and dry. A law of Karma makes far more sense to me.
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it has helped me finnish my RE assessment ...... thak you verry much....:)
people who put stuff about their retard of a life theyy must be retared......:)
The Buddha said there's no soul. I think the reincarnation idea was just leftover from Hinduism. The Buddha's entire culture believed in reincarnation because they were ALL Hindus.
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親爱的佛教信士.
佛教之地,都是要善伩修守戒律, 但令人痛心的是 Samnak Sambodhi Buddhist Association No: 19 Jalan 38 Taman Desa Jaya 52100 Kepong Selangor, Malaysia.三宝寺却不以身作則。他们允许缅甸外劳庆祝佳日，隨心所意,在当地杀鱼.鸡. 猪.羊及飲洒作乐,醉身萝死耒污垢佛教神聖之地.至今 已引起居民的反感.
針对以上的题,身为佛教伩徒,也是前任理事会成员,我 依佛礼的教海,据理力争。但孤学难呜,却被一手遮天,以商叶利益为重的马华公会,鹅嘜区会主席叶金福(Yip Kum Fook), 把我排除在外,其用意, 一目了然,想完全控(Yip Kum Fook)制甲洞帝沙再也,三宝寺耒达到私利賺钱.现在, 他应用外耒和尚主持三宝寺,其目的,也更清楚,因为外耒者不知内幕,不能久留,无杈过向.
回顾10年前之事,由本地吉兰丹和尚仼壇主兼顾问之時, 此种现象,是不曾发生的,为何到了叶金福(Yip Kum Fook)的領导乏下,却帶耒如此違反佛教的文化？难怪,前仼壇主 也一声不言就远离了,必有其苦衷。
为了佛教的遵严,我不忍看它沦落为醉身耒萝死之地, 让人耻笑,在此, 我只好通过现代的管道,泣声敬请,佛 教伩仰者及马耒西亜佛总能加以关注, 并给予该理事会劝导,尽速觧决此事,以免这种污点影响整体的佛教良好形象。
LIMA PERATURAN (Panca Sila) ALAM DALAM BUDDHISME
Buddhisme adalah falsafah yang menunjukkan dunia sebagai makhluk hidup dan alam semula jadi. Tidak ada sesiapa di atas manusia untuk mengawal dirinya selain daripada beberapa kuasa alam.
Niatnya, sebagai manusia anda harus melihat dunia ini seadanya. Maksudnya, dunia bukanlah ciptaan kuasa ghaib, tetapi semata-mata sebab dan akibat serta alam yang menjadikan kesinambungan makhluk hidup dan dunia/alam semesta.
Sebelum ini, yang menjelaskan secara umum bagaimana prinsip sebab dan akibat ( kamma dan vipaka ) mempengaruhi seseorang. Tetapi itu hanya satu jalan keluar daripada lima peraturan alam.
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