Quote:Right but no matter what I do I can eventually attain Nirvana right? And I never really die. So that means I have eternity to attain it so its a certainty I'll get there. I could kill aload of people in this life, make up for it in the next couple of lives and get back on track.
Nothing I do really matters. If I do the most horrific things imaginable I will in-time still get to the same destination as someone who did everything right from day one.
Theres no real deterrent against doing evil.
Not really Sir, Say for example if a person does quite a lot of bad deeds purposely, that person might be born into a family with no values , where parents are thieves or drug dealers etc. Most likely that person will grow up to be doing worse bad deeds. It will be very difficult to get out of these consequences. Might be stuck like this for eons of time till someday that person realizes the value of good. One cannot attain Nirvana doing bad deeds and cover up on the next life. Because one is a bad person in this life, most probably will be the same in the next. Unless that person has brought at least some good karma from the previous lives.
If one does horrific things from the start , that person can be punished for a long time and the road to Nirvana will be far far away.
If one does everything right from the start, the road will be much much shorter.
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path" - Gautama Buddha
