December 11, 2024 at 2:46 pm
#52859
Participant
Each birth ends in death with future uncertain. While a birth in higher realm would contain little suffering, that is also temporary and birth in the apaya (where most existences are) isn’t avoidable for those below the sotapanna stage, so there is net suffering. Additionally, the “pleasures” experienced in the higher realms are made up by the mind and incomparable to Nibbanic bliss anyway. Thus, the goal is to stop rebirth and end suffering for good. I don’t see why it needs to be more complicated than this.