REBIRTH The Buddhist teaching that we have no essential self or soul (anatta); true selfhood is an illusion. Everything, including conscious life, is forever changing (anicca)
This means that there is no personal afterlife, but instead a constant cycle of rebirth. Rebirth is a fixed principle of reality, not something created by GodThe process of rebirth is governed by the law of karma – the principle that ethically significant actions have consequences.
Ultimately, believers aspire to escape from the cycle by recognising the illusion, thus reaching Enlightenment (nibanna).
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