Beliefs

Buddhists dont believe in a "creator" but instead they believe in condtions and that things just happen for certain reasons.

Heaven and Hell have different levels to them. Heaven and Hell for them are like our world today because they include: ignorance, anger, and greed (The Three Poisons). Nirvana is what the Buddhists believe in the most and it is like our heaven especially because the three poisons dont happen there.

The law of cause and effect to the buddhists is karma because they believe that rebirth isn't like reincarnation but instead it is the mind being passed on throughtout differnt lives and some how actions you make in previous lives will have some type of consequence sometime later.

Buddhists don't have a bible but instead scriptures are divived up into three sections: The Sutras, The Vinaya, and The Abhidharma. Prayer is done morning and evening on their own time and before meals. The signifigance of their prayers is to prevent bad things that have hapened in the past to reoccur.


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