[West Texas Chuck]

Thank you, I cannot argue with a word you say.

I’m certainly no expert on Hinduism but to me Siddarth was saying nothingness means not creating any new Karma. No mortal man can do that. Maybe Jesus could live that way, but a man cannot.

I’m not trying to convert anybody here, I’m just ranting about my own thoughts and faith.

Maybe I suck at religious expression. Some of us just use different definitions.

[mstar]

I’m certainly no expert on Hinduism but to me Siddarth was saying nothingness means not creating any new Karma. No mortal man can do that. Maybe Jesus could live that way, but a man cannot.

You are right when you say "nothingness" creates no new Karma, but according to Buddha's teachings, "nothingness" also means you cease to exist at all. To achieve Buddha's goal of nothingness, you lose all the uniqueness of your person hood. The specially designed person you are, that God lovingly created before the foundation of the world, will be gone, will just cease to exist.

You are also right when you say no mortal man can stop Karma, it is impossible. That is why it took Jesus, our Emanuel, God coming among us in the form of a man, to do that for us. It is the only way karma will break without breaking us, and it is free, plus you get to be the person He made you to be for eternity.