02% : Be a Deva<\/span><\/p>\nIf you reflect deeper, it’s really a trick question, because some options can overlap in reality. For instance:<\/p>\n
(a) You can be a Deva or Human who is a Bodhisattva.
\n(b) You can go to Pureland and be a Bodhisattva and Buddha.
\n(c) You can be a Stream-winner and go Pureland.
\n(d) You can be an Arahat and go Pureland.<\/p>\n
Hope you get the idea! Now let’s look at the individual choices:<\/p>\n
Go Pureland:<\/span> This is the safest destination, which guarantees swift progress to Bodhisattvahood and Buddhahood.
\n Be a Bodhisattva:<\/span> It is not easy to be a enlightened Bodhisattva within this lifetime, though one can be an unenlightened one.
\n Don’t know:<\/span> It is spiritually dangerous to be goalless, to let one’s karma direct us to an unknown rebirth.
\n Return a Human:<\/span> Unless one returns better trained and continues to train well, it is easy to be disheartened as the world enters the Dharma-diminishing age.
\n Be a Buddha:<\/span> This is the most challenging goal to attain in a single lifetime. It is good to have a back-up plan if it is not attained.
\n Be a Stream-winner:<\/span> <\/span>This is the minimal attainment that is irreversible. In a way, all should at least aim for this goal, even if they aim for others too.
\n Be an Arahat:<\/span> <\/span>This is the minimal attainment that is self-liberation, less difficult that Bodhisattvahood and Buddhahood, but can lead to them.
\n Be a Deva: <\/span>Unless one has strong Dharma practice, it is possible to forget the Dharma and later fall to the lower realms.<\/p>\nNow… would you reconsider your vote? Do share with us why you chose what you did (via commenting below).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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