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About Fahfuen2007
Expertise
1) Thai buddhism 2) Thai amulets from Lord buddha, his Thai monks, Jatukam, or other gods 3) Thai occult belief 4) Thai sacred charm items 5) Meaning of Thai tattoo, yantra, mantra, etc.

Experience
Twenty years as a learner in Buddhism and collectors of Thai amulets of all inds

Education/Credentials
Ph.D. from UWM
Also a serious practitioner of Theravada Buddhism with focusing on meditation. I am still learning even now.
 
   

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Buddhists - karma


Expert: Fahfuen2007 - 3/9/2009

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Hi, I've asked a few questions about Buddhism in the past and I would like to ask one more that I hope will complete my understanding.  A Buddhist believes karma will dictate to some degree what happens after we die.  Yet, since none of us knows what happens after we die, how can a Buddhist make this statement?   Buddhism is founded on reason, not on faith, yet without information about the afterlife, how can anyone say karma has any effect at all, if not based on faith?  Thanks


Answer
Hi,
The following answer is not sarcastic but it is a fact for us. Buddhism has a ways to simulate "Death" by using deep meditation. Knowledge about past life in buddism is not from reasoning or guessing but it is from meditative experiment. Buddha mentioned that this is the thing you must know by yourself. So, I let u try meditation. Then, you would subsequently experience effect of Karmma subsequently.


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