This passage underlines the purpose of the Five Precepts in avoiding samsara and rebirth: To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one’s mind - this is the teaching of the Buddhas.

Hindus want to end the cycle of samsara, and therefore they aim to make morally right decisions in order to achieve good karma. This Sanskrit word means love, desire and pleasure. It is a very ...

Buddhism, founded by Gautama Buddha in the 6th century BCE, is one of the major world religions that focuses on the path to ...

Each soul he catches is reclaimed by another hollow ball in the sky, making it possible that karma and punishment are endless. Further evidence comes from the "Wheel of Samsara" on the wooden door ...