Although life can be good, a great majority of the population believes that life is always a struggle; this idea has been carried out for generations and many years everywhere. ... Two great examples are the Indian Religions Buddhism and Hinduism; both seeking to leave earth and the cycle of rebirth, all coming back to the notion that life is suffering. ... However, they believe that their soul remains on the suffering earth in the cycle of existence (Samsura) until they have lived life as a Brahman; which then their souls can head to enlightenment. ... Life is in complete control of the gods...

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If good deeds are performed, one is reincarnated into a "good" life form. ... Some people also believe that reincarnation is a bad thing since one never gets to stay in ultimate supreme reality and is continuously put back on the earth. However, this can also be a good thing as one might be needed on earth to carry out certain tasks. ... This is proof that reincarnation is not considered a good thing in California or Pine Crest. ...

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This prompted the creation of an ultimate goal: to overcome all limitations of the earth by realizing the divinity within. ... Your reincarnation, as anything on earth, will be based on the balance sheet of your karma. Hinduism defines a set of human milestones, or good karma, that if achieved could eventually lead to life's purpose, through moksha. ... The reward for sticking to one's duties is good karma, as it is an aim of the dharma. ... This is extended further by the fact that there is little association between classes - having a good karma is seen to have its true rewards...

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Matthew also explains that we still hold a hypothetical body after we die that will experience things similar to what the body experiences here on earth. ... Matthew tells his mother that everyone on earth has an angel, what some might consider a guardian angel. ... In order to achieve Nirvana, you do not need to follow commandments, you simply must live a good life. ... Matthew uses comparisons of Nirvana and earth in order to better explain it to his mother. ... He explains that Nirvana is similar to earth because it has things like bodies of water, museums, homes, parks, and other simila...

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He learned from the charioteer that people pass on, cease to exist, no longer to live again, that this was the fate of all beings who were born and lived on the earth. ... The Buddhists even believe in many of the same gods and goddesses, whom they see as divine beings capable of helping people on earth but who are nonetheless subject to eventual expiry and reincarnation. ... Many Tārās exist as supernal beings capable of blessing humans who live good lives and are worshipped by both Buddhists and Hindus. ... The cosmology is the same and the time spans (the age of the earth is well over fou...

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Judaism's response to the question of life promotes good will between people, encouraging Jews to care for and love one another. ... That is, they believe that they have only one life to live on this earth. ... However, evil and suffering can be minimised by each person choosing to do good instead of evil. ... Christians believe that Jesus died for the salvation of the human race, that God raised him from the dead, and that Jesus will come again at the end of time to live once again on earth. ... This response to the question of life is fulfilling as it provides followers with a purpose, ...

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The earth consists of five major world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... They celebrate their holy day on a Saturday because they believe that this day was when God finished creating the earth. ... Lastly, the Muslims (Islam) pray to Allah, who is their God and ask him for protection, forgiveness, good health, i.e. ...

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Muslims believe that heaven or paradise is for people who live a good life. ... A literal interpretation of the bible shows that 4 important events are predicted: The millennium (interval where christ rules), the tribulation (Interval when the antichrist takes power), Armageddon (war provoked by the antichrist) and the rapture (miraculous event when christ will descend from the heaven to earth). ... These secular beliefs can be broken into three categories; the end of the world, the end of the universe, the end of life on earth. ... Frazer Cain talks about his view on eschatology and claims ...

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Also, learning and getting a good education was very important to Confucius. ... For example, Yin is usually associated with earth, darkness, water, even numbers and the female. ... Buddhists basically believe and understand that good deeds have good results and bad actions can lead to bad results. ... The fourth Noble path is that one's job should also be good and avoid harm to oneself or to others. ... Now in order to become a good Buddha and reach the state of Nirvana one must follow these guidelines, and are not to break any rules. ...

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According to the Random House College Dictionary, karma is an action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, in this life or in a reincarnation. ... During our thousands of earth lives, a remarkable variety of life patterns are experienced. ... We come to earth as princesses and presidents, as paupers and pirates, as tribals and scientists, as murderers and healers, as atheists and, ultimately, God-Realized sages. ... Therefore, the Hindu knows that the belief in a single life on earth, followed by eternal joy or pain is utterly wrong and causes great anxiety, con...

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However, more people focus on the bad coming back around rather than on the good. ... Of course the question of who is keeping tabs of the good and the bad that is done is raised as well but it is certainly hard to find someone who does not agree that there is even a little bit of karma in life. ... Another key thought is that if reincarnation was possible, would there not be the same number of people on this earth. ...

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They have rules or guidelines for good living on this earth. ... I could not really find anything that said what the fundamentals of Hinduism are, But I believe they are the following: the importance of devotion to god, to have a good karma, "vedanta"-"dwaita", "adwaita", and "vishishtadwaita". ...

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The Vedic hymns emphasize the need to control the body and actions to achieve matierial good and happiness through sacred fire rituals. ... One can see that the Upanishadic teachers preached a spiritual and inner sacrifice rather than a material and external sacrifice: "The fools who delight in this sacrificial rituals as the highest spiritual good go again and again through the cycle of old age and death" (31 Sources of Indian Tradition). ... According to Jain doctrine, the whole cosmos is alive and every grain and rock on the earth, a fire-being, every drop of rain has a soul attached ...

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Taken from a selection of Confucian analects, "13:29 The Master said, "Let a good man teach the people seven years, and they may then likewise be employed in war.... The first of these documents originate from verses taken from Hindu scripture Bhagavad gita 2.37, "If thou fallest in battle, thou shalt obtain heaven; if thou conquerest, thou shalt enjoy the earth. ... " This verse is very encouraging of warfare by claiming those who die will go to heaven, and those who win will be rewarded on earth. ... He says, "The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not ...

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"They believed that good deeds bring a good rebirth and bad deeds the opposite". ... "Whatever is left is good and pure and enters into peace and happiness" (p.210). ... As mentioned previously, the quality of an afterlife is based upon good deeds and evil deeds. ... The one connection that I observed was that both faiths believed that if someone led a good life, then a good afterlife is what they would get and if someone led a bad life, the opposite is what they would look forward to. ... All that matters is that we don't forget why we were put on earth in the first place; we all have...

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In Islam if good actions outshine one's sins, then one can gain entry into heaven. ... (The Afterlife in Islam) It has been said that the lowest level of heaven is one-hundred times better than the greatest life on earth. ... An idea of dharma directs responsibilities or the good actions for the social classes. ... Thus, performing good deeds to others invites good things to happen to the practitioner. ... The earliest textual mention of atman is in the Rigvedic Pantheon" Accordin will go to dwell in the new life on earth the babies. ...

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Hinduism is very different from other religions such as Christianity and other Western religions. What I mean by that is Christianity and other Western religions have a single founder, a specific theological system, a single system of morality, or a central religious organizing. It consists of thous...

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Although he is good at his job, Siddhartha knows that this success, nor any other, will mean nothing in his life. ... He begins to feel more connected to the simplicity of the human race, as if his age has somehow softened his yearning to understand their place on the earth. ...

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The earliest showing of Christian art was found in the catacombs (burial chambers benith the earth, outside the city of Rome). ... Muslims believe that both men and women are equal before God, but in the Quran it says that men have that higher authority on earth. ...

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How you are in life determines whether you move on after death or remain on earth to suffer is determined by how well you treat your neighbor and whether or not you committed crimes towards humanity. ... A person must maintain good karma throughout the majority of his lifetime to be able to move on after death. ... Mentions of good/bad karma will be taught to the populace in order to maintain some type of order. ... Children will not be brainwashed but instead lectured and taught the simple ways of good karma. ... Simple guidelines must be followed in order to maintain good karma and avoid h...

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Hindus believe that as all streams and rivers lead to the same ocean, all genuine religious (spiritual) paths lead to the same goal; worship of every form of "GOD" and celestial forces leads to the same good. ... Every individual soul returns to earth several times by rebirth to perform proper Karma to purify itself. Once purified by good karma, the soul reaches liberation with no-rebirth. ... A goal of Hindus is to achieve Moksha, to be freed from the cycle of birth and death (when the "good" and the "bad" karmas balance.) or reach Swarga, the abode of the Divine Soul or Paramatma [God] to se...

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Although it was good of him that he attempted to spread his music throughout the world his motives were wrong. Although he was spreading spiritual music that would help people become in touch with god, he was not doing it for the good of people, but rather in order to make money. ... When in reality the good professor is right for what the narrator does not realize is that there is nothing on earth that is more divine than humans and the atman they contain. ...

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In Hinduism the most important celestial deities are Varuna the sky god, Mitra the sun god and Vishnu that encompasses the earth, atmosphere and paradise. ... Basically with karma the Hindus believe that if you do good things, good things will happen to you, By the same token if you do negative things, negative things will happen to you. ... The Buddhists also believe in Karma as an intentional good or bad action or every action causes an effect. ...

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The resulting Neo-Confucianism was most concerned with good government, and the hierarchical but compassionate ordering of society. ... Bodhisattvas are those beings who have progressed spiritually to the point of enlightenment, yet choose to remain on earth to help others reach similar spiritual heights ("he who hears the cries of the world" or kuan " looks on", Shih "the region of sufferers" Yin "whose voices ask salvation from misery"). ...

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The gods themselves also give birth to the idea of avatars, or the form of the god when he or she comes to earth. ... It consists of generally good acts like charity, honoring the gods, telling the truth, and not causing injury. ...

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