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Article #325: What is Samsara

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Samsara The range of different possible rebirths
In the time of Buddha's enlightening most range from the smallest of bacteria's and
people in India believed in minerals to be reborn as a God. There
reincarnation. In Buddhism as well as in are in fact six different worlds and six
Hinduism the thought about rebirth is one different beings one can be reborn in:
of the strongest components of the two hell beings, ghosts, animals. humans,
religions. The process of endless birth jealous gods, gods. Not even the Gods are
and rebirth is Samsara and is having no permanent in the Buddhist belief and them
beginning or end. It what way you will be to have to enter the wheel of Samsara.
reborn is determent by Karma. The best Previous to the time of the Buddha many
definition about Karma would be action. thinkers and philosophers had tried to
Good action equals good karma, and a bad solve the eternal chain of rebirth to
action equals bad karma. If a person has break the cycle of samsara and suffering.
accumulated an advantage of karma this Buddha solved the mystery and his
person should be reborn in a better knowledge has been passed from
position compared to the present life. generations for over 2,500 years.






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