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Doesn't that also imply that life is a sort of punishment? Once you get the lesson, you are no longer forced to play the game?
by mlang23 6y ago
Doesn't that also imply that life is a sort of punishment? Once you get the lesson, you are no longer forced to play the game?
- fendy3002 6y agoI'm not a good Buddhist, so this is what AFAIK. Chance to be reincarnated as human is low, it's rare so we are lucky to be born as one. As human we have a chance to gather good karma and attain enlightenment, thus ending the cycle. I think rather than punishment, it's more like a lesson. And dukkha is often mistranslated as "suffering", but in reality it's closer to dissatisfaction or unhappiness (sadness) rather than suffering.
- jayjader 6y agoI disagree that it must be seen as a punishment; once you've attained your degree you no longer need to go to school, but going to school probably wasn't a punishment in the first place. I guess it depends on your personal outlook. c.f. notions of transcending for other possible interpretations.