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>they are, impermanence and non-self are verified by neuroscience and science
i said "largely", not "entirely"

>They're called wrong views for a reason, karma is not set in stone. You can generate merits here and now to counter the negative karma or just learn how to deal with loss through meditation and mindfulness.
karma just is not a real thing in any sense of the term. it would be very nice if it were real, but it isn't, unfortunately. there is no "generation of merits", there is no "negative karma". the latter part of your sentence is a non sequitur. sure you could learn to deal with loss through meditation and mindfulness, but that has nothing at all to do with the nonsensical notion of "karma"

if one cares about accrual of meritorious or good or noble or virtuous things, one should look to adopt some kind of ethical system, like utilitarianism. there are no metaphysical implications. it's funny because buddhism understands how to pierce through the false metaphysical concept of selfness yet tacks on other unnecessary, false metaphysical concepts like karma or reincarnation

>My head monk always tells me never to think about my next life, because this is where we are living now and speculating about where I'll be reborn next is a waste of energies and time.
there is a big motte-and-bailey among buddhists about what reincarnation actually means or entails. i could go on about that, but the overall conclusion is that reincarnation also is not a real thing in any sense. no aspect or notion of one's self or of one's consciousness or awareness or sentience or being continues upon death. there are no past lives or future lives. it is a myth and a fantasy. in that sentence, buddhism teaches untrue things about the nature of reality

consciousness is an informational state of a brain (or brain-like substrate). if the substrate is degraded/destroyed, nothing of it ever reappears

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