The Buddha: Breaking Karma and Embracing Freedom

(🎧 Audio Version) The Buddha: Breaking Karma and Embracing Freedom

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(Scene: The Gate of Hell. YOU fall from nowhere, landing hard on the rocky ground.)

You: Yes… I killed myself.

(You look around. In the distance, a line of chained souls shuffles forward, their faces hollow and lifeless.)

(A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE, cloaked and calm, stands before you.)

Figure: Congratulations.

You: What?

(The Mysterious Figure gestures toward the marching souls.)

Figure: Do you see them? They are bound to return—to suffer life, again and again.

You: Reincarnation…

Figure: But not you. You’ve done what they could not. By ending your life with your own hands, you’ve severed the chain of karma. You are free.

You: Free? But suicide is supposed to be a sin.

(The Mysterious Figure chuckles.)

Figure: A lie told by the living to keep you trapped. Only those who surrender everything—even life itself—can escape the wheel of suffering.

(The Mysterious Figure steps aside, revealing a golden doorway.)

Figure: You are no longer bound. Step through, Buddha.

(You glance back at the shadowy souls, marching endlessly forward.)

You: I was told I’d be damned for this. But now I see… I was damned not to. I’m glad I did it.

(You step forward. The golden doorway closes behind you.)

(Posted on Threads on 4.12.2024)

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"Step through, Buddha."