In the West, there are two mainstream models to describe happens when we die. On the one hand, the Christian tradition teaches that each of us has a soul which separates from the body at death and goes to heaven or hell for eternity. On the other, the materialistic model suggests that matter is all that exists, and that our mind equals our brain, so that when we die, consciousness dies too.
Life after death – the Tibetan Buddhist view
Life after death – the Tibetan Buddhist view
Life after death – the Tibetan Buddhist view
In the West, there are two mainstream models to describe happens when we die. On the one hand, the Christian tradition teaches that each of us has a soul which separates from the body at death and goes to heaven or hell for eternity. On the other, the materialistic model suggests that matter is all that exists, and that our mind equals our brain, so that when we die, consciousness dies too.