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Different Religions' View On The Afterlife (Christianity (If you'…

- - - - Heaven is the best place to be; you 'live' forever up there, with whatever you want. It is all in white, according to some, and it also includes plenty of Angels, as well as God himself.
        
        Angels: a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe.
        
        God: In Christianity, God is the eternal being who created and preserves all things. Christians believe God to be both transcendent (wholly independent of, and removed from, the material universe) and immanent (involved in the world).
  - - - The Seven Deadly Sins:
        
        Gluttony:
        
        habitual greed or excess in eating.
        
        Wrath:extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect).
        
        Sloth: Those who sleep instead of work, representing the sin of sloth. Sloth is the most difficult sin to define, but is basically saying that being super lazy is bad.
        
        Pride:.
        a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements.
        
        Lust: very strong sexual desire.
        
        Envy:a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.
        
        Greed: intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.
- - - - Bhagavad-Gita: The 700-verse Hindu Scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
      - Moon Path: The Moon Path, or the Dark Path or the Path of the Ancestors, is the path along which a soul travels if it is going to return.
      - Sun Path: The Sun Path is also known as the path of Gods. If a soul travels along this path, it shall not return. How does one travel along this path? "Controlling all the openings of the body, with the mind established in the heart, fixing the prana in the self at the top of the head establishing oneslf in the Yoga, uttering the monosyllable AUM, which is Brahman, who leaves the body remembering me, he achieves the highest goal." -Lord Krishna, 8.12-13
- - - - Anicca - Buddhists believe that nothing is permanent. Everything changes. So this means that things like everlasting souls or eternal gods cannot exist. Buddhism, unlike other religions, does not believe in a creator God or an eternal or everlasting soul.
      - Anatta - Buddhists believe that there is no permanent self or soul. Because there is no unchanging permanent essence or soul, Buddhists sometimes talk about energy being reborn, rather than souls.
        Why do Buddhists believe in life after death?
        
        Buddhists believe in life after death because the Buddha taught that human beings are each born an infinite number of times, unless they achieve Nirvana. In the Dhammapada the Buddha states: "Long is the cycle of birth and death to the fool who does not know the true path."
- - - - Taoist ceremonies for the dead often include an altar upon which are placed a sacred lamp, two candles, tea, rice, and water. The sacred lamp symbolizes the light of wisdom, yet it could also be referred to as the Golden Pill or Elixir of Immortality. On each side of the lamp are two tall candles that symbolize the light of the sun, moon, and both eyes of the human body. The tea, rice and water are put in cups in front of the altar. The tea symbolizes yin, water is the energy of the yang, and rice represents the union of the yin and the yang.[8]
        Five plates of fruit are used to symbolize the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. These elements are further equated with specific colors: green, red, yellow, white, and black. These elements all go in a cycle that when balanced ensure that the body is healthy. An incense burner is placed in the middle of the five elements. The burning of the incense represents refinement and purification of the soul, also known as the inner energies.[8]
        The ceremony usually takes place in a person’s house and is held over an odd number of days, usually three, five or seven days.[9] The candle is lit up for the body all that time before burial. During the vigil and the funeral the relatives wear white.[10]
    - - External alchemy is mastering special breathing techniques, sexual practices, physical exercises, yoga, attempting to produce an elixir of immortality by consuming purified metals and complex compounds, and to develop medical skills. In Taoism one’s soul or energy is considered to be interlocked with the vital energy, which is what nourishes your soul. Ridding the body of impurities can increase this energy. Aside from these requirements, you must lead an upright, moral and good-hearted life.
      - Internal alchemy includes sophisticated visualization, strict dieting, specific sexual exercises and self-control. A strict diet was committed to kill demons within the body and to stimulate and maintain energy. The body is purified by the consumption of refined substances such as, jade or gold. The many different types of meditation all revolved around the common idea of breathing. Much of a Taoist’s time is spent meditating. A popular rule of thumb for breathing techniques include holding one’s breath for 12 heartbeats, better known as a “little tour”, 420 heartbeats is the “grand tour” and the most prominent achievement in breathing is holding one’s breath for 1000 heartbeats. Carl Jung was among those who interpreted internal alchemy in a purely spiritual, rather than physical, sense.[13]