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That you spend your life on Earth preparing yourself (as best you can) for death. They don't see death as a scary, negative experience, but birth into a bliss filled eternal life with God. They believe that this is something you have to consciously choose or not during your life on earth.

That the meaning of life is to reach Nirvana. They believe that you experience repeated lives, that when you die you are re-born, and that you experience an endless cycle of dying and being re-born until you break free. The way to break free is by following the teachings of Buddha.

That the meaning of life is to become good enough to stop being re-born. They too believe in reincarnation and that, where and in what form you are reborn, depends on how you lived your previous life. To not be re-born will result in living in a spiritual state of perfect happiness.

That the meaning of life is to earn eternal life. They hold that on the Day of Judgement, Allah will be told by the angels how each individual lived. Allah will judge whether or not they have earned Paradise.

"God has created me to do some definite service he has not committed to another. I have my mission – I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next".
Cardinal John Henry Newman, taken from www.netword.org.uk

"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."
Joan Borysenko, taken from http://www.quoteland.com

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't."
Richard Bach, taken from www.quoteland.com

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