Six Paths Reincarnation / Saḍ-Gati Saṃsāra
According to Buddhist theory and the teachings of Master Hsuan Hua, the core reason why we are able to be "human beings" now is that we "observed the five precepts and cultivated the ten virtues" in our past lives (that is, what you call being "well-behaved" and following the rules), and not necessarily everyone has been exposed to Buddhism in...
In Chinese Buddhist and Taoist folklore, the City of the Wrongfully Dead (冤魂城, Yuanhun Cheng) is the place where souls who died unjustly (such as by murder, false accusation, or suicide) are said to reside until their grievances are resolved.
Excerpt from "Uncovering the mystery of lost past life memories from Buddhist scriptures"
You think: When you die, except for the merits of the Dharma, nothing else can be taken away with you, and nothing else will be helpful. That is to say, when death comes, all our blessings will be destroyed by death.
In the "Da zhidu lun", it is said that there is a possibility that ants can become Buddhas in front of us.
Don't take it as an ant crawling on the ground now, if the ant's bad karma is exhausted, maybe its good roots will quickly manifest, that its cultivation may be even better than ours, and it will become a Buddha before us.
It was unpredictable for ordinary people. Whether you see an ant, a pig, a cow, or a sheep, it's really hard to know if it's going to become a Buddha before you. If you have a good relationship with it, and when it became a Buddha, you will be ferried by It.
結了善緣，才能得蒙救度
Dà zhìdù lùn
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Image: Two rivers and the white path