I understand the main difference of the soul between the two, in Buddhism it being on-existent, but how long after death do they teach it takes to be reborn in these religions.
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2007-12-27 05:46:34 · 5 answers · asked by Jett 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, it's called rebirth in Buddhism, not what I'm asking.
2007-12-27 05:54:48 · update #1
In Buddhism, it could be immediate if the necessary conditions are present for rebirth (pure land, heaven, hell are immediate, the rest may depend on the 'next parents' sexual activity).
When one could not rebirth immediately, one may stay in the intermediate state for up to 49 days, during which one's rebirth destiny may change due to changing conditions. Note that this intermediate state is not the same as ghost. Ghost is one of the destiny for rebirth.
2007-12-27 06:56:27 · answer #1 · answered by Prajna 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
all the answers above are correct so you don't have to choose my answer as I will only put a little extra from the view of Theravada Buddhism.
How immediate? Just think about your past places and choose the farthest place you've ever been. When you remember it, imagine it. How long does it take for you to see some of the images of that place? That's how immediate and fast to reach afterlife existence.
Another example is the comparison between two places; when a person becomes a brahma in a brahma-bhumi and another a divine in a divine-bhumi, who becomes first? The answer is 'nearly at the same time'.
These examples are from Milindha Panha - but you have to buy a book for that. Some people think Milindha Panha has contradictions with the main Buddhism but people don't know it is counted into Ti-Pitika in Theravada.
It's true Buddhism denies any ego-based doctrine such as I (me, mine), soul (or kind of ongoing creature living body to body like a hermit crab), self, the soul into another body or another body into the soul. This seems to confuse many people to misunderstand as the universe exists or does not , life exists or does not, who suffers or feels the feelings etc.
2007-12-28 05:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by Fake Genius 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Theravada and early Buddhism, rebirth is immediate. In later Buddhism (Mahayana and Vajrayana) rebirth can take many days (up to 49 I believe).
2007-12-27 15:10:15 · answer #3 · answered by Sophrosyne 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Buddhists do not believe in a soul or reincarnation. Buddhist have a concept similar to reincarnation where the karmic conditions left off from one form is reestablished in another; but this is only in terms of karma, not a self. Neither of these traditions give time frames.
2007-12-27 13:52:11 · answer #4 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IDK about Buddhism, but Hindus believe the soul can immediately enter another body after death.
2007-12-27 13:51:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋