Thursday, November 12, 2009
Is There A Purpose in Life
There is no specific purpose or scheme of things to which life has to conform, except that it is operative within certain laws, (eg. kamma) governing the universe. Certain individuals have been described by the Buddha as "Wanderers in the samsara" (cycle of life), perpetuating their continued existence by their own actions,. There is, however, a very definite goal to life, namely the extinction of Dukka and release from conditioned existence.
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Nelu Manel,
ReplyDeleteCould you please explain reincarnation / rebirth in Buddhism.
Do you think the same person be born again?
Lakshan
Lakshan,
ReplyDeleteI will post a blog on this later...One of the main doctrines of buddhism is rebirth.. ....According to Buddhism at the instant of death the mind is released from the body and depending on the final thought process will relocate itself in another mortal form.
Nirvana is the process of breaking this chain "of Sansara".. So it is not the same person that is born again in one sense but also in another sense it is the same person with the continuity of the mental thought process.
It is said that our rebirth lives are all stored in our head like a computer data memory but without the password to unlock. So when you attain at least some mental development this will slowly unlock...Hope this answers your question in a little way...
Budusaranai...
Dear Manel,
ReplyDeleteI hope this would be a good Dhamma discussion. Also, others can read and join.
With reference to your reply on rebirth, how do we know that for sure? Just belief or provable(එහි පස්සිකෝ)?
Please check following Youtube videos against your comment:
Blind faith and idiocy
Nonsense in Buddhism
There are so many impurities in Buddhism, we must clarify through discussion.
Lakshan