In Buddhism Where Will Souls Go if they Haven''t Reached Nirvana Before the Sun Dies?
November 20, 2017 at 8:36 am
This is a serious question, not an attempt to poke fun at Buddhism. To my knowledge, this question has not been addressed because the thought of total annihilation did not occur to the ancients. As I said to my knowledge. I could be wrong. Enlighten me.
Many people believe Buddhism gives us this indefinite amount of time to be reincarnated over and over until we get it right. But suppose there’s nothing to come back to?
It’s a matter of when, not if. Forget apocalyptic dooms day theory. We know the sun will one day use up it’s power and no longer be able to support life on earth. Even before that if we keep on humans will bomb, pollute and genetically modify ourselves into extinction quite soon.
So what will happen to the souls that haven’t made it to nirvana by then? Will they just float around in oblivion? Until the universe collapses into a black hole and begins to expand again with a new set of laws, hoping a new form of life will appear that is more amenable to nirvana than humans?
Many people believe Buddhism gives us this indefinite amount of time to be reincarnated over and over until we get it right. But suppose there’s nothing to come back to?
It’s a matter of when, not if. Forget apocalyptic dooms day theory. We know the sun will one day use up it’s power and no longer be able to support life on earth. Even before that if we keep on humans will bomb, pollute and genetically modify ourselves into extinction quite soon.
So what will happen to the souls that haven’t made it to nirvana by then? Will they just float around in oblivion? Until the universe collapses into a black hole and begins to expand again with a new set of laws, hoping a new form of life will appear that is more amenable to nirvana than humans?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
