Buddha defined Kamma as intention so we can read the suttas as
If there is intentional action to steal then there is birth of identity as a robber. Kamma and result
The Buddha taught only dukkha and its cessation
Questions about past lives are foregin to the Buddhas teaching
Furthermore the view of reincarnation is a view that should be abandoned. This is because if there is to be nibbana there must be letting go of everything including views as views...
Also would like to add that the Buddha's own teachings dont contain rebirth/reincarnation. By this I mean he didnt teach that people will be frogs in their next life, as is commonly thought.
Some people in the Buddhas time did take this view and so he did pander to their beliefs. This is...
The Buddha's own teachings do not contain notions and views such as being reborn after death as a frog or a deva etc.
Karma means intentional action. The buddha taught birth not rebirth/reincarnation. The word he used is jati, which translates as birth
An understanding of the Buddhas teaching...
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