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RE: The Ten Stages of the Mahayana Bodhisattva Path
It's really great to know that the concept of life, where we take many life's to complete and to achieve the aspirations. And yes, and through this knowledge we can understand the concept of rebirth, possibly rebirth happens to attain the incomplete aspirations. Thanks for sharing and wishing you an great day. Stay blessed. 🙂
For many people accepting that this energy bundle we call self does not stop when the body dies is difficult to accept, especially when we find out that Buddhism does not accept the personality goes on, there is no self in karma. It is easier to understand rebirth and karma as cause and effect the law of nature, each action we take is like a snowball rolling down a hill gathering mass and momentum...this is how my first teacher explained rebirth to me...Sunim's (Korean Buddhist Monk) english was limited but the snowball analogy worked for me, the hardest part was understanding there is no self to be found in that snowball...
Also we can understand how karma works by watching our daily actions and emotions, anger and hatred birth more anger and hatred, burn again and again until we stop being angry and hateful....
The same is true for (wise) compassion and kindness...I think I would rather be a snowball of loving kindness and compassion in this life and the next...hehehe
Oh, great to know your thoughts and more deep insights. Thank you. 🙂