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An Analysis of the Brahma Sutra - 2.4. - Swami Krishnananda.

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  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, February 12, 2021. 12 : 06. PM. Chapter-2. The Critique of Erroneous Doctrines - 4. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karma is the cause of rebirth. Karma is the repercussion produced by the action of someone. This someone does not exist, because existence is momentary. Momentariness is almost equivalent to saying that it is non-existent. So who will take rebirth? How will suffering be explained?, which Buddha emphasised very much – there is suffering, we have to overcome suffering. This peculiar difficulty in understanding the real point behind what Buddha said created a discussion by another set of Buddhists leading to nihilism. If everything is momentary, neither does samsara exist nor does karma exist. Non-existence is the final word of nihilistic philosophy. But the nihilist