Buddhism has existed forever, just like we have, and occasionally it's codified; it's put together into a system by someone who likes to codify.

God, Atlantis was only yesterday. Let alone Los Angeles. Remember that incarnation in Los Angeles?

With free will, we can modify, to a certain extent the chain of karma that has been set in motion by the karma of the previous moment. That is what free will really is, the ability to alter the sequence of karmic fate.

How do you end a meditation session? It's nice to chant a mantra again. Maybe repeat it a few times. It seals the meditation. Do your best and then just give it to eternity.

There is a popular conception about karma, and that is that as you sow, so shall you reap. That's only true if you're a farmer.

The final battles are the samskaras of good karma. They prevent Samadhi. Naturally for a religious person the avoidance is intensive. They are so hung up on good karma and on method.

Reincarnation is a process in which a finite being will go through a series of transmutations and will perceive different things. There will be a continuity of perception.