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Death, as some may say is a must. Every human being on this planet is going to experience death and afterlife once their soul leaves their body. But this concept of death differs from one religion to the next. Some believe it is the permanent ending of soul while others believe it gives us a new beginning. As per to our class discussion, many different cultures hold different beliefs regarding life after death, burial, rebirth and incarnation of soul. In this paper, I will first describe what Hinduism and Islamic rhetoric say about death and after life, and secondly, compare and contrast how their practices differ from one another.

Life after death is a very controversial topic around the world and in society. Throughout our lives, we often wonder ‘what happens when we die?’. There are many different beliefs as to what happens to our bodies and to our souls after we die. Religion provides answers to this question, however different religions offer different beliefs and answers to this question. There are two basic kinds of religion in this world: Eastern and Western. Through learning about the key beliefs of Catholics and Hindus I have been able to learn some similar and some different perspectives on the forever debatable question ‘what happens when we die?’.

Not everybody has the same beliefs about certain things. The world is a big place with billions of people and a lot of them have their own beliefs. One belief about death is the way Buddhism people see it and their belief is reincarnation. Today, Buddhism is found in Japan, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and China and in India, Sri Lanka Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, Cambodia, also in the European countries and the USA. It is believed that the Buddhist population of the world is over five hundred million. Five hundred million people believe that if you die it is not the end of your life but the beginning of a new one. Your new life would be reborn in one of six realms which are: heaven, human beings, Asura, hungry ghost, animal and hell. This all depends on the karma of your life; the better your karma is, the better your reincarnation would be, and that is called the

Many of us have some view or idea of the afterlife – whether it is some kind of utopia or even if there is one at all. Research conducted by Douglas Davies found that around 29% of us believe that nothing happens after death, 8% think that our bodies awaits resurrection and 12% believe that we will come back as someone else. Of course there are some more religious people, 22%, who just think that we should trust in God, the remaining 34% of us believe that our souls passes on to another world. These views can all be classed into the traditional divide used when discussing the soul and life after death. There is the Monist view – the idea that the body and the soul exists as a single unity, the souls existence is dependent on the body,

Although these cases are common in the east and among native populations, the west also has its share of similar experiences. The Abrahamic religions that dominate the west tend not to accept reincarnation, but rather in “afterlives” where the soul goes to live eternally after leaving the body. Additionally, some religions do not have any belief in a soul or consciousness at all, concluding instead that whatever we are dies along with the physical body. Regardless, past life accounts happen even in these populations. Research done in European societies found that the essential features of these cases are very similar to the ones found in Asia, Africa, and among some Native American groups. Some of these similarities include very young age,

The Buddha described reincarnation as lighting successive candles using the flame of the preceding candle. Although each flame is casually connected to the one that came before it, it is not the same flame. When one personality dies, a new one comes into being. Buddhism teaches that what is reborn is not the person but that one moment gives rise to another and that this momentum continues even after death. Instead of a fixed entity, what is reborn is a “stream of consciousness,” whose quality has been conditioned by karma. It is similar to Hinduism in that karma determines the circumstances of subsequent lives, so there is continuity between personalities but not persistence of identity. Circumstances of rebirth are not seen as rewards or punishments from a controlling God but are the natural results of various good deeds and misdeeds. The cycle of rebirths involves suffering and continues until all cravings are lost and nirvana is achieved.

Life after death is a widely discussed issue all over the world today. With the various amounts of religions and their beliefs of what occurs post-death, it causes a great amount of controversy. Scientists have been conducting research and experiments to try and find a solution for it. Movies, articles, books and etc have been created to try and persuade the citizens of the world to believe in one way or another. As we gain more technology and ways of thinking, more investigations are taking place. Some experts say that we go to heaven and hell, others say we reincarnate into another form of living, and the idea of going to another dimension is possible. Reports have been made in witnesses passing and coming back in a different form with remembrance of their past life. A solution to this issue is to hold a study of multiple individuals and for scientists to create a way to see what happens after they pass with the technology we obtain. Everyone’s life eventually comes to an end, including you and I; wouldn't it be relieving to know what occurs after each and every person takes their final breath?

In the fifth century BC Buddhism was started by Siddhartha Guatama. Buddhism teaches that both life and death are impermanent. Damien Keown (1996) explains that when humans die they go through a cycle of rebirth that could place them in heaven, humans again, Asura, hungry ghost, animal, and hell. That being said none of those fates are permanent either and depending on karma created during existence through good or evil actions your next rebirth cycle is altered. The ultimate goal of any Buddhist is to achieve Nirvana (Dickinson & Leming, 2011). This is a state that is obtainable in this life through correct aspiration, purity, and complete elimination of egotism. It is a state that completely frees one from the cycle of rebirth between the mentioned possibilities earlier. Since this is the ultimate goal Buddhists prepare for death by trying to be as responsible and good as possible towards others. They strive for calmness and happiness in themselves and try to exude an aura of these emotions to contribute to the happiness and calmness of others. A dying Buddhist patient may seek the guidance of a monk or nun to help ease the transition through prayer and chants to maintain peace. The most important moment of all is the final moment of thought before death. A monk or nun will pray and chant constantly during this time to give peace in the final moments of

In Conclusion, I personally found the topic of reincarnation not true. I personally believed once one is dead, there is no possibility of life after. Once I heard Arna and Brian Weiss's stories of reincarnation, it had brought my phobias and anxiety’s to light as well as old repeating dreams. This did send chills down my back because the two do connect perfectly. This presentation as well as the guest speakers, have had an impact on not disproving so quick without investigating

There are many different types of people in the world. Different hair color, skin color, languages, religions, talents, etc. but there is one thing we all have in common, we all die. There is no one who can out run the long arm of death. People can however, have different attitudes and feelings towards death. For example, “Some of us know for sure that death is the implacable enemy of life. Others of us know for sure that death is the portal though which we enter a higher form of existence,” (Kastenbaum, 2012, p. 38). With these different feelings about death come different ways to mourn or celebrate the life of those lost. In Tibet there is a ritual performed by Tibetan Buddhist known as “Sky Burials”. The purpose of this paper will be to discuss the details of this ritual and where it originated.

To contemplate the end of one’s life is never easy, in fact it leads to thousands of other questions and no answers: When will I die? How will I go? Will it hurt? The questions never stop flowing once they begin- it is inevitable. However, over the years many have tried to give answers to these questions through literature.

A lot of us have asked ourselves the question what happens after death. After we ask this question to ourselves we don’t really go much into depth about the question we simply ignore it and go with our daily routines. Roach Mary, a scientist, says, “we have all wondered if there is an afterlife, but only a few are brave – or foolish – enough to try and find out.” There are many theories and ideas on what happens after death, some backed up with research and data and some are just plain silly. After researching many ideas, I came upon 3 ideas that caught my attention. One of these is published by THE JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, it is a Philosophical series by Sylvia Hart Write. The other is an article by scientist Mary Roach. Lastly The 21 grams Theory by Dr. Duncan MacDougall. These 3 articles share similarities and differences, like one is more spiritual than the other and one is more scientific. After analyzing them and reading these articles profoundly I saw which were the “silly” articles and which article made the most sense and was backed up with evidence and research. This great question has created a large amount of curiosity in many scientists. Adam Withnall from independent.co.uk states, “It’s a question that has exercised humanities finest minds since those humans have been around to have them – and has been recently the subject

Death has been perceived different in different cultures as well as have a tendency for impacting individual personal as a comparison to the group. Outline Introduction as well as Thesis Statement Author’s Perception Perception of the Death: what death is?

One of the central belief of Buddhist is the denial of the self. In particular, Buddhism criticizes the idea that “an individual atman is an assumption of an unchanging and constant serf that somehow underlies and is the basis for the variety of changing experiences.” (Gethin 1998, 141) In fact, any individual, no matter its matter of life, is just a particular pattern of a series of casual connectedness. That is a very convincing idea since it is clear that our cognition of the world and view of life will change when we encounter different experiences. Nevertheless, this changing self is still something unique and can not be denied. Although death is not the end and the series of clusters of events that form us will reconfigure to a new pattern according to Buddhist theory, the previous individual will never reappear and we can not regain some most important aspects of that vanished self . Furthermore, without some forms of self-awareness and self desire, people will lose their motivations to move forward and make progress.

Many different religions around the world see the importance in life after death but these beliefs do vary a lot and each religion will believe completely different things. Two core religions in this essay that will be looked into are Islamic and Catholic. What do they believe will happen when someone dies? Is there another life after they die? Heaven? Hell? Or Paradise? Through this you will the importance in the belief of life after death, and the practices, rituals, and prayers that provide evidence and physical proof of how they show this belief. Then to go onto to discuss the wider implications holding onto these beliefs can have.