The Buddhist think that their existence endless. There are three signs of existence called tilakhana:
1. Individuals are reincarnated and experience suffering in different lives.
2. None of the realms, either good or bad, lasts forever. Even if you are born in the hell realm. It won’t take forever. You will be reincarnated until your bad karma is worked off.
3. Suffering can only be ended when the individual reaches nirvana.
As a soul you can be born in 6 different realms:
1. Heaven: It is the realm for the long-living beings and is the realm of enjoyment.
2. Humanity: The main realm, where the most souls are reincarnated in. Since the humans have the biggest desire to suffer, they have the biggest chance to reach enlightenment.
3. Titans and angry gods. Angry beings, who can’t reach enlightenment.
4. Hungry ghosts. Unhappy souls, with huge bellies and small mouths. They are always hungry and aren’t able to escape.
5. Animals. They live together with the human beings, but don’t have the desire to reach enlightenment.
6. Hell. Beings with bad karma get reincarnated into the hell realm, but they just have to stay there until their bad karma is worked off.
This Buddhism realm system can be compared to the Hinduism cast system: If you did everything right you get born into a good realm, if you get bad karma, you will be born into a one of the bad realms.
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