Burial vs Cremation

[Kassiopeia]

I recall reading that cremation might have a bigger burden on the environment than traditional burial in a casket. I don't really care, but I'd like to minimize any effect my cadaver would have, so just throwing me in a pit and covering it with dirt would work. I'm not a member of the church so my relatives would have to pay for my lot in the graveyard anyway (all the graveyards are run by the church ).

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Lorizael
How is your belief system (or the orthodoxy belief system) practically different from the Western conception of reincarnation? This idea that bad behavior leads to being a bug in your next life has to come from something, even if it is a serious misconception.

I think I just explained that. If you do a hundred things which have horrible effects, but you are completely detached from all of them, then no karma relating to them, whether good or bad, will accumulate with you.

The "do bad things and become a bug" idea comes from a very gross oversimplification of the theory of Karma.

The only place I differ from orthodoxy is when it comes to the mechanism of Karma. I've just made it a bit more detailed, whereas the orthodox system wasn't concerned with it at all. The idea that any attached action has leaves two effects, one on the soul and one on the universe, and that at the right time they resolve themselves, is mine.

Originally posted by Lorizael

Also, how can you accurately evaluate the writers of the Vedas?

That's where a lot of controversy comes in. The most common and direct route is by saying that the infallibility of the Vedas can be determined by using a combination of the first two proofs.

The heterodox schools of Indian philosophy (Buddhism, Jainism, Charvaka, etc.) accept the first two proofs, but not the last.

[ajbera]

I want to be made into chili and fed to my friends and family. The leftovers can be given to the homeless.

Barring that, I want to be put in the ground, sans preservatives, with a fruit tree planted on top. One way or another I intend to be eaten, dammit.

[Impaler[WrG]]

Theirs no "Donate Body to Science" option so I defulted to Cremation, its cheaper, the patern in my family and you get thouse cool urns

I think I just explained that. If you do a hundred things which have horrible effects, but you are completely detached from all of them, then no karma relating to them, whether good or bad, will accumulate with you.

How is atachment to an action established? Is it established by concouse knowlage of your actions consequences, aka if the action was willed? Or is it perhaps simply if the person feels a degree of emotional connection with the action. Please provide some examples of atached and unatached actions (specificaly an un-atached action that would still have moral significance). In your personal imprint based mechanism dose an un-atached action simply produce one imprint (on the soul or universe) and without a partner the imprint can never be canceled/resolved?

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by ajbera
I want to be made into chili and fed to my friends and family. The leftovers can be given to the homeless.

Barring that, I want to be put in the ground, sans preservatives, with a fruit tree planted on top. One way or another I intend to be eaten, dammit.

You sound like a perfect fit for the Great Old Ones. Just remember that it's the truly righteous who are eaten first.

[Dis]

my body should be put on display somewhere so women everywhere can see the most awesome specimen of a man that ever lived.

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by aneeshm


So we like Persian culture, do we?

I was actually thinking about Tibet.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Dis
my body should be put on display somewhere so women everywhere can see the most awesome specimen of a man that ever lived.

Why, would your dead body be holding up a picture of me?

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Dis
my body should be put on display somewhere so women everywhere can see the most awesome specimen of a man that ever lived.

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