I'm a Buddhist and we don't belive in an immortal soul. We call it the "Vinyaanaya".
When someone die a new soul born from the old one. It is like we lit a fire from another fire. Second fire is not same as the first one. But it born from it.
Supun put it very well (see answer above). I am also Buddhist and would like to add that you may be asking the wrong question.
One of the Three Doors to Enlightenment is called Formlessness. We think we are so much, that we are so much more than rocks, grass or water because we have a soul. But not only would we die without these things, we literally ARE these things! One minute, magnesium is a food supplement in a bottle. Twenty minutes later, it is part of your very cells. Lettuce on a plate is not you, until you eat it, then it suddenly becomes you. Water is just a place to put a kayak, until you drink some of it, then water forms the basis for your very life blood.
Whatever our soul or consciousness IS, if it is real, it is made of something. That something is the same something everything else is made of. Humbling, isn't it? And freeing.
Not exactly...it's complicated, but basically they operate with the Hindu metaphysical construct, with a few alterations. Namely, there is no "self" that gets reincarnated. The metaphor I've heard is that of two candles, one lit. The lit candle (a live person) is used to light another candle (their kid, I guess). The flame isn't a soul, but the desire for stuff that makes life suffering as per the Four Noble Truths.
Of course, I'm not a Buddhist, and I'm sure different Buddhist schools disagree on this stuff.
Yes, buddhist do believe there's an immortal soul, it cannot be created nor destroyed therefore immortal and each living organism contains it. However, it can also be call God but that's not important because it can be called whatever we want and words are just words. Most importantly the GOD that i wrote about is different from what Christianity refers about.
Yes, Buddhists believe there is an immortal soul. That soul experiences life, death, and rebirth. Rebirth of the soul into another body, sometimes after a stint in either a heaven or hell, depends on ones conduct in this life. Good conduct and bad conduct is viewed not much differently in Buddhism as in Christianity.
Buddhists believe that everyone has a soul that will be reincarnated and will eventually achieve nirvana after following the four noble truths. Those truths are
1. Life is suffering
2. Suffering is caused by worldly desires
3. Suffering ends when worldly desires end
4. Nirvana is achieved by following the Eightfold Path
The religion concentrates on self control with an ultimate goal of destruction of self to achieve nirvana, or union with a divine essence. Gautama followed and accepted many Hindu beliefs, but protested Hindu emphasis on formal ceremonies and polytheism
There are other things along with this, but these seem (to me,) to be the most prominent of the religion
Buddha was not a christian, but Jesus woulda made a good buddhist.
and no........... they don't believe in immortal souls, they believe in ending cyclic existence..
in other words, you keep coming back until you learn everything you need to learn and become enlightened, then once you are you can finally stop and go to heaven or something to that effect... but it depends on the type of buddhism too
BUDDHISM – Religious teaching from Buddha and his followers that by destroying greed, hatred and delusion (the cause of all suffering) man can attain perfect enlightenment!!
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I'm a Buddhist and we don't belive in an immortal soul. We call it the "Vinyaanaya".
When someone die a new soul born from the old one. It is like we lit a fire from another fire. Second fire is not same as the first one. But it born from it.
Supun put it very well (see answer above). I am also Buddhist and would like to add that you may be asking the wrong question.
One of the Three Doors to Enlightenment is called Formlessness. We think we are so much, that we are so much more than rocks, grass or water because we have a soul. But not only would we die without these things, we literally ARE these things! One minute, magnesium is a food supplement in a bottle. Twenty minutes later, it is part of your very cells. Lettuce on a plate is not you, until you eat it, then it suddenly becomes you. Water is just a place to put a kayak, until you drink some of it, then water forms the basis for your very life blood.
Whatever our soul or consciousness IS, if it is real, it is made of something. That something is the same something everything else is made of. Humbling, isn't it? And freeing.
Not exactly...it's complicated, but basically they operate with the Hindu metaphysical construct, with a few alterations. Namely, there is no "self" that gets reincarnated. The metaphor I've heard is that of two candles, one lit. The lit candle (a live person) is used to light another candle (their kid, I guess). The flame isn't a soul, but the desire for stuff that makes life suffering as per the Four Noble Truths.
Of course, I'm not a Buddhist, and I'm sure different Buddhist schools disagree on this stuff.
Yes, buddhist do believe there's an immortal soul, it cannot be created nor destroyed therefore immortal and each living organism contains it. However, it can also be call God but that's not important because it can be called whatever we want and words are just words. Most importantly the GOD that i wrote about is different from what Christianity refers about.
Yes, Buddhists believe there is an immortal soul. That soul experiences life, death, and rebirth. Rebirth of the soul into another body, sometimes after a stint in either a heaven or hell, depends on ones conduct in this life. Good conduct and bad conduct is viewed not much differently in Buddhism as in Christianity.
Buddhists believe that everyone has a soul that will be reincarnated and will eventually achieve nirvana after following the four noble truths. Those truths are
1. Life is suffering
2. Suffering is caused by worldly desires
3. Suffering ends when worldly desires end
4. Nirvana is achieved by following the Eightfold Path
The religion concentrates on self control with an ultimate goal of destruction of self to achieve nirvana, or union with a divine essence. Gautama followed and accepted many Hindu beliefs, but protested Hindu emphasis on formal ceremonies and polytheism
There are other things along with this, but these seem (to me,) to be the most prominent of the religion
Buddha was not a christian, but Jesus woulda made a good buddhist.
and no........... they don't believe in immortal souls, they believe in ending cyclic existence..
in other words, you keep coming back until you learn everything you need to learn and become enlightened, then once you are you can finally stop and go to heaven or something to that effect... but it depends on the type of buddhism too
Reincarnation.
Buddhism is complex; I don't even understand most of it and I've been Buddhist for quite a few months.
But, some examples are: Nirvana, the Noble Eightfold Path, Five Precepts and Four Noble Truths.
"What Buddhists Believe" By: Dr. K. Sri Dhammanada - teaches what Buddhists believe, including Anatta {no soul): http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/whatbelieve.pdf
Metta to all.
BUDDHISM – Religious teaching from Buddha and his followers that by destroying greed, hatred and delusion (the cause of all suffering) man can attain perfect enlightenment!!
If only christians would learn from them!!