Destiny after death

How very true.

Only one thing is certain after death. that you are dead. and what happens after death? you will know at that point in time.

So we try hard to live well now so that we can live well after death? up to you to decide

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Whether we believe in god or gods or is an atheist, or believe in rebirth or in heaven and hell, it does not matter. After you die, you will KNOW! No need to believe in anything.

We will experience what we deserve. If one is a kind and sincere person, that is the purpose of religion, to improve ourselves step by step till perfection. Who cares what we wish to call the name of the religion? It depends on how we conduct our everyday lives. That is the essence of spiritual practice.

The ultimate goal for students of the Buddha-Dhamma is to escape the cycle of samsara, the endless rebirths, and attain the peace of Nibbana. While those of theistic faiths hope to be 'born again in Heaven,' the Buddhist aims not to be born anymore. This is indeed a huge difference.

The idea of extinction is very often misunderstood. Greed, hatred and Ignorance is what is extinguished, ego is what is being extinguished - the sense of separation and isolation of "I" from the rest of existence.

But the idea that people are striving to literally not exist in any possible sense of the word is a fundamental misunderstanding of the Dhamma.

Every action you take, every decision you make, everything you do causes an immediate effect on those around you - and on you. Well that's kamma! And it is an empirical truth, no need to believe in anything! If you don't eat, you feel hungry, if you fall down, you feel pain! And this is the common sense important bit.

It is your bed and you are going to have to lie in it. Your actions will dictate whether in general your life is going to run happily or badly, smoothly or as if the wheels have fallen off. If you are selfish and manipulative it will rebound on you. If you are generally loving and thougtful you will get your just rewards - and not in heaven (or the next life or whatever you believe) but right here, right now too.