In the article How Different Religions Use the Afterlife byKevin Williams the Buddhist view of death and dying is explained. The goal of the Buddhist life is to escape the cycle of death and rebirth. It explains more as the article states, "Buddha asserted that what keeps us bound to the death/rebirth process is desire, desire in the sense of wanting or craving anything in the world"(1). Buddhist also believe that instead of individuals having eternal souls they consist of a bundle of habits,memories, sensations, desires, and so on. Their physical body is viewed negativley, as the source of all suffering. The spirit of the death goes through a process lasting 49 days and divided into 3 parts called "bardos". In conclusion of this, the person either goes into nirvana, which means freedom, or back to earth for rebirth. The person's thoughts while dying also heavy influence the after-death experience and the state of one's next incarnation.
I think that this quick view of death and dying according to Buddhist is very interesting. This is a new perspective to my question that I never knew about. Buddhist basically believe in next to nothing. They do believe in a sense of freedom when you die depending on your thoughts as you are dying, but if you don't go into nirvana, then you go back to earth for rebirth. That part is slightly confusing to me but I have learned more information on Buddhist thanks to this helpful article.
Williams, Kevin. "How Different Religions View the Afterlife". VICTOR J ZAMMIT . 10 April 2010 .
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