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How does karma relate to afterlife for buddhists?

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After death a person stands in connection with his or her activities on earth. Karma is the law of sowing and reaping. So if the person activities was right he or she will be lifted toward the higher regions but if it was negative he or she will sink.

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The concept of "after life" is not as applicable to Buddhists as it is toChristians and other Abrahamic faiths. Nirvana the abode of people after they achieve enlightenment (i f the chose not to be reborn) is egoless u. Enlightenment gets you there, karma is not that vehicle.Where karma does get yours an appropriate rebirth based on life activities. This is not necessarily a bad thing as that new life offers learning opportunities which, after countless cycles of death and rebirth, may lead to enlightenment .

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