#RénéPascal on his well-known bet: Basically, we cannot justify our choice, but we have to take a choice, because we are already in the game ("vous êtes embarqués"). See post 5 for a Sanskrit parallel: « Dieu est, ou il n’est pas. » Mais de quel côté pencherons-nous ? 1/ 5
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It is! For readers, an excerpt of the introduction to the sutta by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: "If one practices the Dhamma, one leads a blameless life in the here-and-now. Even if the afterlife and karmic results do not exist, one has not lost the wager, 1/2
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for the blamelessness of one's life is a reward in and of itself. If there is an afterlife with karmic results, then one has won a double reward." 2/2
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