Olde Tymer
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Well, to begin with: classic Buddhism has no supreme being(s) like there is in
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism, i.e. classic Buddhism is atheistic:
consequently Buddhists experience relatively little anxiety about facing justice some
day.
Buddhism's goal is nirvana. However; the nirvana that Siddhartha Gautama taught
isn't a destination: it's a state of mind; and Buddhists who achieve nirvana live it
here as mortals; not somewhere else as immortals.
Technically, Buddhism has no afterlife. When those who achieve nirvana pass away,
they go completely out of existence. But the ones who fail to achieve nirvana have
to go thru a process called samsara wherein they undergo serial reincarnations;
which are quite a bit different than a standard resurrection.
Reincarnation doesn't return one's soul to their body, primarily because there is no
soul in Buddhism; instead, reincarnation reassembles one's karmic matter; which
doesn't always result in another human life, nor even the same gender. Sometimes
it results in a lower form of life, e.g. a horse, a meerkat, a moth, or a pheasant, et
al.
** Were I to question Buddhism, I'd focus on reincarnation and inquire as to the
source of power that makes it happen.
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Well, to begin with: classic Buddhism has no supreme being(s) like there is in
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism, i.e. classic Buddhism is atheistic:
consequently Buddhists experience relatively little anxiety about facing justice some
day.
Buddhism's goal is nirvana. However; the nirvana that Siddhartha Gautama taught
isn't a destination: it's a state of mind; and Buddhists who achieve nirvana live it
here as mortals; not somewhere else as immortals.
Technically, Buddhism has no afterlife. When those who achieve nirvana pass away,
they go completely out of existence. But the ones who fail to achieve nirvana have
to go thru a process called samsara wherein they undergo serial reincarnations;
which are quite a bit different than a standard resurrection.
Reincarnation doesn't return one's soul to their body, primarily because there is no
soul in Buddhism; instead, reincarnation reassembles one's karmic matter; which
doesn't always result in another human life, nor even the same gender. Sometimes
it results in a lower form of life, e.g. a horse, a meerkat, a moth, or a pheasant, et
al.
** Were I to question Buddhism, I'd focus on reincarnation and inquire as to the
source of power that makes it happen.
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