The Self in Eastern Philosophy
I question how and why buddhism believes in no self yet believes in reincarnation and karma, I've found that there must be some type of being in us that exists in order to support the idea of karma and reincarnation. There must be something that exists and persists to live after death in order to support and hold onto karma. Buddhism says there is no soul but just a kind emptiness that extends through out the body. On a scientific note however, after death the body is immediately 3% less it's original or when alive- weight, this is an indication that there is something that makes the body alive, that is lost when the body is dead. Fact is matter cannot be created nor destroyed so I question where does this mass disappear to when the body dies? What is this mass?
Buddhism believes in reincarnation which sounds like a contradiction because buddishm contains no self or no soul. Reincarnation in buddhism is a way to gain karma and dissolve karma, and finally when karma has dissolved nirvana can be attained and one can flee the cycle of samsara. In the bhagavad gita reincarnation is the transmigration of...
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