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I believe in an afterlife but nat a god. What does that make me
Pretty ******* optimistic.
Pretty ******* optimistic.
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amovingstaircase (12/06/2014) [-] I dont know much about the reincarnation in Buddhism.
I look at reincarnation as our energy passes over to something else, be bird, human or what ever.
That wheel thing, I dont know anything about that to be honest. So I cant comment on that.
But I dont look at reincarnation as an afterlife. Reincarnation is more like a new beginning in an endless cycle. While afterlife is more like the end.
I look at reincarnation as our energy passes over to something else, be bird, human or what ever.
That wheel thing, I dont know anything about that to be honest. So I cant comment on that.
But I dont look at reincarnation as an afterlife. Reincarnation is more like a new beginning in an endless cycle. While afterlife is more like the end.
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captnnorway (12/06/2014) [-] In buddism you can reach Nirvana if you follow the eight-fold path. Once you've removed all the suffering Dukkha. Basically everything that makes you attached to the world in some way. Fear of death, fear of change, mental stress. Etc etc you reach Nirvana. When you reach Nirvana which I believe means "To extinguish" in Sanskrit . Don't quote me on that though you step out of the circle of rebirth and as far as I know, you cease to be. I had it explained like a small drop of water falling from the sky might take years to reach the ocean, but once it does it becomes one with it. To put it simply "you" stop to exist, and become one with the world and everything.
tl;dr: There's no heaven in Buddism, just an end to suffering.
tl;dr: There's no heaven in Buddism, just an end to suffering.
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amovingstaircase (12/06/2014) [-] So in the end our energy still exists, but the thinking "me" does not?
I dont fully understand, but I guess its not meant to be fully understood haha
I dont fully understand, but I guess its not meant to be fully understood haha
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captnnorway (12/06/2014) [-] well a big part of eastern religions are about things that doesn't make sense. For example the Koan from Zen Buddism which is made to not make sense at all.
To reach Nirvana is to cease to exist is what I've been told. Because life itself is suffering, and only when you escape the suffering you're at peace.
The world and everything that is alive is actually the same thing. But the physical manifestation of life isn't perfect. So the goal is to become part of the spiritual world.
I'm no buddist myself, so this is only what I've been taught. Perhaps someone else can explain it better than me.
To reach Nirvana is to cease to exist is what I've been told. Because life itself is suffering, and only when you escape the suffering you're at peace.
The world and everything that is alive is actually the same thing. But the physical manifestation of life isn't perfect. So the goal is to become part of the spiritual world.
I'm no buddist myself, so this is only what I've been taught. Perhaps someone else can explain it better than me.
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captnnorway (12/06/2014) [-] That afterlife is really ******* sad if you think about it. Stuck either with NPCs doing nothing for all eternity, or hanging out with kids who had their childhood ruined in some way. It's like hanging out at suicide camp, chatting only with the people who already tried to kill themselves, but survived.
Well, that afterlife up there is only if you think of it like heaven. Where you'll spend the rest of eternity there. If you go like the series, it's perhaps even more depressing. Because then you'll see your friends leave you over and over until you manage to get out yourself, and when you're out you remember everything that happened there, but have no way of finding your old friends.
Someone once said, "life is only precious because it ends". Imagine how **** being reborn all the time, with no way to end it all.
Well, that afterlife up there is only if you think of it like heaven. Where you'll spend the rest of eternity there. If you go like the series, it's perhaps even more depressing. Because then you'll see your friends leave you over and over until you manage to get out yourself, and when you're out you remember everything that happened there, but have no way of finding your old friends.
Someone once said, "life is only precious because it ends". Imagine how **** being reborn all the time, with no way to end it all.
