Please help me clarify my spiritual beliefs, thank you!

[Tikat]

A little bird told me...

I found English translations of key texts.

This is a key text in the theological and philosophical world view.
It uses metaphor in addition to a pragmatic approach to illustrate the basic principals.

This is a commentary on the other religion's sacred texts from the world view you responded to.

This is a brief overview. Not the most accurate, but it gives one impression of the tradition.

A better general overview.

Adolphe Franck made commentary that isn't as historically sound as some. But it is an interesting read.  

[MoonJeli]

Deoridhe

Dying and reborn gods are in most, and afterlives are in all.

Are afterlives really in all non-Abrahamic religions? I don't specifically have a religion without an afterlife in mind. I guess I never really thought about it before, but simply assumed it wasn't universal.

Not sure it's relevant, but I do know that some Buddhist sects have rejected the idea of rebirth as incompatible with the principle of anatta (no-soul, no-self), and the vast majority except for some extinct sects consider rebirth to be entirely impersonal (not like reincarnation).

I'm pretty sure that Taoism has no belief in an afterlife -- except as the concept of "non-being". Living and not-living are parts of the Tao, but I am not sure that counts as an afterlife, exactly. Individual Taoists might have different beliefs, I'm not sure.  

[Deoridhe]

MoonJeli

Deoridhe

Dying and reborn gods are in most, and afterlives are in all.

Are afterlives really in all non-Abrahamic religions? I don't specifically have a religion without an afterlife in mind. I guess I never really thought about it before, but simply assumed it wasn't universal.

Not sure it's relevant, but I do know that some Buddhist sects have rejected the idea of rebirth as incompatible with the principle of anatta (no-soul, no-self), and the vast majority except for some extinct sects consider rebirth to be entirely impersonal (not like reincarnation).

I'm pretty sure that Taoism has no belief in an afterlife -- except as the concept of "non-being". Living and not-living are parts of the Tao, but I am not sure that counts as an afterlife, exactly. Individual Taoists might have different beliefs, I'm not sure.

Belief in an anatta rebirth is still a belief in an afterlife, though it's near the edges. Tao I don't know as much about. My guess is, the closer a religion becomes to a philosophy, the closer it comes to not having features of a religion, like gods and afterlives, and experiential places made, like holidays and rituals.  

[patience1984]

Sry I am taking longer then expected to reply...I'm jsut going through some real life emotional family matters. I'll be ok (no worries),...I
just have to tackle some of my unresolved past. I think I should be better pretty soon.


Anyhow, tikat, plz feel free to answer my profile comment questions on here or pm me..whatever u prefer and thanks.