Infinityloop
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Reincarnation while metaphysically partnered with the law of Karma, does not give any true moral imperative for one's actions in life. It becomes arbitrary when the scheme of reincarnation in most Dharmic systems amounts to a form of eventual universal salvation.
Dharmic systems do promote 'ways' which they believe to aid a believer in the process of achieving that eventual salvation but it is detached and speculative (albeit the Dharmic systems base their claims around similar epistemology as Gnosticism, where there is some kind of 'secret' knowledge that can only be attained by mystical practices). Although it is attractive on the surface level, it is quite a weak soteriology from an epistemological perspective.
Under the premise of some kind of 'fall' (seen in various ways by different religions), there has to be a strong moral imperative for salvation in this life, or else it undermines the overall "purpose of life" that any said system or religion teaches in the first place.
Dharmic systems do promote 'ways' which they believe to aid a believer in the process of achieving that eventual salvation but it is detached and speculative (albeit the Dharmic systems base their claims around similar epistemology as Gnosticism, where there is some kind of 'secret' knowledge that can only be attained by mystical practices). Although it is attractive on the surface level, it is quite a weak soteriology from an epistemological perspective.
Under the premise of some kind of 'fall' (seen in various ways by different religions), there has to be a strong moral imperative for salvation in this life, or else it undermines the overall "purpose of life" that any said system or religion teaches in the first place.