Reincarnation & Karma 

Where did we come from? Where will we go? And why do things happen?

What happens to us when we die? Do we just disappear when our body stops working, or does part of us continue in some form? According to Buddha’s teachings, consciousness is not a physical thing. It neither comes from our body, not will it cease when our body can no longer function as its vehicle. It is true that the level of our mind we use whilst we are awake is intimately connected with our brain and nervous system, but there is a deeper level of consciousness that can exist without a physical basis, and it is this level that continues beyond death and eventually reincarnates in another form. 

On this course we will look at the process of death, intermediate state and rebirth, and the reasons supporting the belief in reincarnation. We will also examine the law of karma, the idea that every physical, verbal or mental action we perform plants a seed, or potential, in our mind that eventually ripens as an effect. Negative seeds ripen as an experience of suffering, while positive actions ripen as an experience of happiness. Through understanding the law of karma we can begin to create for ourselves the kind of life we want by creating the right kind of causes, by learning to think, speak and act in a consistently wise, considerate and positive w