In this presentation you are able to: *Define Afterlife *Define Karma *Define Reincarnation *Define Ahimsa You will also learn here the characteristics in Africa in terms in Life after Death *****************************

1. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
YOUR DEATH?

2. AFTERLIFE
“THE RETURN TO LIFE IS AN ACTUAL FACT, AND IT IS A FACT THAT THE LIVING ARE
GENERATED FROM THE DEAD AND THAT THE SOULS OF THE DEAD EXIST.”—
PLATO, GREEK PHILOSOPHER, 5TH CENTURY B.C.E., QUOTING “SOCRATES.”

3. THESE POSSIBLE QUESTIONS RELATED TO OUR TOPIC
DO PEOPLE BELIEVE IN AFTERLIFE?
ARE SOME RELIGIONS BELIEVE TO IT?
IN THIS PRESENTATION YOU ARE ABLE TO:
DEFINE AFTERLIFE
DEFINE KARMA
DEFINE REINCARNATION
 DEFINE AHIMSA

4. [ AFTERLIFE] AF·TER·LIFE
/ˈAFTƏRˌLĪF/
NOUN NOUN: AFTERLIFE; NOUN: AFTER-LIFE
1.(IN SOME RELIGIONS) LIFE AFTER DEATH.
"MOST CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN AN AFTERLIFE"
2.THE LATER PART OF A PERSON'S LIFE.
"THEY SPENT MUCH OF THEIR AFTERLIFE TRYING TO FORGET THE
FIRE"

5. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RELIGIONS
THAT BELIEVES AFTERLIFE
ATHEISM
• ATHEIST VIEWS ON LIFE AFTER DEATH VARY DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL
BELIEFS. SOME ATHEISTS DON’T BELIEVE IN ANY SORT OF LIFE AFTER DEATH,
BUT OTHERS BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF SPIRITS, AFTERLIFE, OR
REINCARNATION.
• THIS THOUGHTCO. ARTICLE SUMS UP ATHEIST BELIEFS IN SPIRITS AS “ATHEISM
BY ITSELF ONLY EXCLUDES BELIEF IN GODS, NOT NECESSARILY BELIEF IN
ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE CATEGORIZED AS PARANORMAL OR EVEN
SUPERNATURAL.”

6. BUDDHISM
• BUDDHISTS BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION, THE CYCLE OF DEATH AND
REBIRTH. SINCE BUDDHISTS DON’T BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF
SOULS, REINCARNATION MEANS TAKING ON ANOTHER BODY IN
THEIR NEXT LIFE. BARDO, THE INTERMEDIATE STATE, IS THE TIME
BETWEEN DEATH AND REBIRTH WHERE BUDDHISTS EXPERIENCE
DIFFERENT PHENOMENA.
• HOWEVER, BEING IN THIS REINCARNATION CYCLE IS CONSIDERED
A SUFFERING EXPERIENCE, AND THE GOAL IS TO ESCAPE THIS
CYCLE BY REACHING NIRVANA. NIRVANA IS SEEN AS AN END TO
SUFFERING AND TO SOME AS A HEAVENLY PARADISE.

7. CHRISTIANITY
• CHRISTIAN BELIEF IN THE AFTERLIFE DEPENDS ON WHAT
DENOMINATION THEY’RE A PART OF, BUT MOST BELIEVE IN
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS, THE EXISTENCE OF THE
AFTERLIFE, AND THAT MORAL CHOICES YOU MAKE ON
EARTH AFFECT WHETHER YOU END UP IN HEAVEN OR HELL.
CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN PURGATORY, A PLACE
WHERE THE DEAD DESTINED FOR HEAVEN MUST FIRST GO
IF THEY NEED PURIFICATION FOR THEIR SINS.

8. HINDUISM
• HINDUS BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION AFTER DEATH AND THAT THE
ATMAN, OR SOUL, RECEIVES A NEW BODY AND LIFE DEPENDING
ON KARMA, OR GOOD AND BAD ACTIONS TAKEN IN THEIR
PREVIOUS LIFE. THEY BELIEVE YOU CAN BE REINCARNATED AS NOT
ONLY HUMANS, BUT ALSO ANIMALS, INSECTS, AND PLANTS.
• THE GOAL IS TO BE RELEASED FROM THE REINCARNATION CYCLE
AND ACHIEVE MOKSHA, LIBERATION FROM THE CYCLE. AFTER
BEING FREED OF THE CYCLE, IT’S BELIEVED THEY RETURN TO BE
WITH BRAHMAN.

9. JUDAISM
JEWISH AFTERLIFE BELIEFS DEPEND ON THE INDIVIDUAL’S
BELIEFS. JEWS FOCUS MORE ON THEIR LIFE ON EARTH,
BUT MOST JEWS BELIEVE THERE IS AN AFTERLIFE, BUT IT
CAN COME IN MANY FORMS. SOME JEWS BELIEVE IN A
REINCARNATION CYCLE, WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE IN
THE WORLD TO COME, A HEAVEN-LIKE PARADISE.

10. ISLAM
• MUSLIMS BELIEVE THAT DEATH IS THE END OF PHYSICAL
LIFE ON EARTH, BUT THE SOUL LIVES ON. THE SOUL GOES
TO THE ANGEL OF DEATH TO WAIT FOR JUDGMENT DAY.
ON JUDGMENT DAY, THEIR ACTIONS DURING THEIR TIME
ON EARTH WILL BE JUDGED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY
GO TO JANNAT, PARADISE, OR JAHANNAM, HELL.

11. SPIRITUALISM
SPIRITUALISTS BELIEVE THAT THE AFTERLIFE, OR SPIRIT
WORLD, IS A REALM WHERE SPIRITS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.
THEY BELIEVE SOULS LIVE ON AND TAKE THEIR
CONSCIOUSNESS WITH THEM. THEY BELIEVE SOULS CAN
INTERACT WITH THOSE LIVING ON EARTH THROUGH
MEDIUMS IN THE SPIRIT WORLD AND PHYSICAL WORLD.

12. CYCLE OF REBIRTH
ANOTHER IDEA THAT COME FROM THE UPANISHADS WAS THAT
REINCARNATION, OR THE REBIRTH OF THE SOUL. HINDUS BELIEVES THAT SOUL
PASSES THROUGH MANY LIFE TIMES BEFORE IT FINALLY ACHIEVES UNION WITH
THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT.
THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH IS DETERMINED BY A PRINCIPLE CALLED KARMA.
ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE, HOW A PERSON LIVES HIS OR HER LIFE
DETERMINES WHAT FORM THE PERSON WILL TAKE IN THE NEXT LIFE.
THE CONCEPT OF KARMA CREATES THE DESIRE TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE, FOR “BY
GOOD DEEDS A MAN BECOMES WHAT IS GOOD, BY EVIL DEEDS WHAT IS BAD.”
OUT OF THAT DESIRES AROSE THE PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENCE TOWARD
CALLED AHIMSA (UH*HIHM*SAH), THIS PRACTICE REQUIRES THE BELIEVER TO
PROTECT HUMANS, ANIMALS, AND EVEN INSECTS AND PLANTS.

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