Buddhism and death

[seattlegal]

Yes, I see. But the part about it being "God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure" would suggest that it is G-d's action, not the individual's.

Actually, it's more like a two-way street.

(Sorry for pulling thread off topic.)

 

[Tajik]

Thank you, dear Vajradhara and Netti-Netti! I am very grateful for your information. If you dont mind I would like to ask you another question
In Buddhizm after death one meets one`s own karma. Doesnt it coincide with punishment and reward in semitic religions? Is there any similarity with them? To what extend can they look like each other? Isnt "reward and punishment by God" the same as "karma" but translated in budhist`s terms?
Thanks!

 

[Snoopy]

Thank you, dear Vajradhara and Netti-Netti! I am very grateful for your information. If you dont mind I would like to ask you another question
In Buddhizm after death one meets one`s own karma. Doesnt it coincide with punishment and reward in semitic religions? Is there any similarity with them? To what extend can they look like each other? Isnt "reward and punishment by God" the same as "karma" but translated in budhist`s terms?
Thanks!

Karma can come to fruition at any time, to contemplate it deeply could only lead to derangement!

s.


http://www.comparative-religion.com/forum/misconduct-and-repercussion-8934.html

 

[Snoopy]

"These four imponderables are not to be speculated about. Whoever speculates about them would go mad and experience vexation. Which four? The Buddha-range of the Buddhas [i.e. the range of powers a Buddha develops as a result of becoming a Buddha] .... The jhana-range of one absorbed in jhana [i.e. the range of powers that one may obtain while absorbed in jhana] .... The results of kamma .... Speculation about [the first moment, purpose, etc., of] the cosmos is an imponderable that is not to be speculated about. Whoever speculates about these things would go mad and experience vexation."

- Acintita Sutta.​

s.
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[Vajradhara]

Namaste Tajik,

thank you for the pst.

In Buddhizm after death one meets one`s own karma.

there is no "z" in Buddhism

however, ones karma is in a continual state of ripening, as it were. simply put when the causes and conditions are present the karma manifests and ripens and when they are not karma does not.

now, in truth, we are being a bit lose with the terms. Karma is, literally, a beings intentional thoughts, actions and words and the fruit of these things is called Vipaka and it is this which we experience as positive or negative not karma, per se.

so... Vipaka will ripen when the correct causes and conditions are present which could be in the present arising, the inbetween states or the next airising.

Doesnt it coincide with punishment and reward in semitic religions?

not really. there is no punishment nor any reward and there is no external agent or process by which such a thing could come about.

we don't say that a farmer is being rewarded when he tends his crop, waters and weeds it and it comes in, we say that the positive outcome has been created by his positive actions similarly we don't say that the farmer is being punished when he chooses not to water and weed his field and the crop fails.

Is there any similarity with them?

i don't see any.

Isnt "reward and punishment by God" the same as "karma" but translated in budhist`s terms?

Thanks!

that is actually a great question! it was one which the Buddha had to addrress at various points in his 50 years of expounding the Dharma and it is answered in two primary ways, from a religious point of view and from a philosophical point of view. rather than do that, however, i think you may benefit from reading this explanation of Karma and Vipaka:

Basic Buddhism: The Theory of Karma

metta,

~v

 

[Dream]

Thank you for all of the information, and I have enjoyed the discussions. The links are informative as well, and I spent a little time on those.