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Old 07-20-2012, 05:08 PM   #5
Elelaytet

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Firstly there are many very good, well-behaved people who also suffer - why? Perhaps it is due to karmic seeds from their past lives ripening in this lifetime. Or is it God's will or just bad luck? There are many non-Buddhists who do not believe in life after death but believe happiness can be derived from sex, drugs and rock and roll or their equivalent. They are materialists not religious people.

All religions accept life after death and that is why the Buddha did not have to mention it when he gave the teaching of the four noble truths - it was accepted by everyone listening at the time as obvious, as it is by Buddhists all over Asia. It is only when Buddhism is used as some kind of New Age add-on in western societies do we have Buddhists proclaiming there is no life after death. Samsara to the Buddha and to Buddhists following his teachings meant cyclical suffering endured one lifetime after another. It was only liberation from cyclic rebirth, which would lead o the cessation of all suffering.
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