The Jigsaw Puzzle Nature of Foretelling Past lives
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Here I emphasize that Foretelling is only limited of the past lives of causes .
If one wants to see the totality of past lives which one really have to go into
meditation or practise till in samadhi
it just like playing a Jigsaw puzzle ,sometimes the part where it shows your the fruit of this lives is not complete as a more powerful past lives abt 400 to even 500 lifetime ago , you are ruining someone.s happiness by becoming a tyrant emperor who tortured the people of the kingdom for disobedience
This search for the past lives is quite fruitless and could never be exhausted
Many ancient master in China advocate the turning of thoughts and seek better rebirth or rebirth to western paradise where one the whole past lives like a movieclip
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Gautama Buddha got to see the full episode of his own past lives and all sentient beings past lives after he attained enlightenment under the bodhi tree at nite. The most accurate chinese astrology only can roughly check our nearest 5 past lives...no way to trace the entire evolution...Originally posted by bohiruci:Here I emphasize that Foretelling is only limited of the past lives of causes .
If one wants to see the totality of past lives which one really have to go into
meditation or practise till in samadhi
it just like playing a Jigsaw puzzle ,sometimes the part where it shows your the fruit of this lives is not complete as a more powerful past lives abt 400 to even 500 lifetime ago , you are ruining someone.s happiness by becoming a tyrant emperor who tortured the people of the kingdom for disobedience
This search for the past lives is quite fruitless and could never be exhausted
Many ancient master in China advocate the turning of thoughts and seek better rebirth or rebirth to western paradise where one the whole past lives like a movieclip 
The seed of 6 realms is enclosed within our 8th conciousness...everyday we are "reborn" in different realm during living..no need to wait until we died. -
yah , just forgot ,so pen it down nowOriginally posted by rahula25:Gautama Buddha got to see the full episode of his own past lives and all sentient beings past lives after he attained enlightenment under the bodhi tree at nite. The most accurate chinese astrology only can roughly check our nearest 5 past lives...no way to trace the entire evolution...
The seed of 6 realms is enclosed within our 8th conciousness...everyday we are "reborn" in different realm during living..no need to wait until we died.
Please read Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Transformation of Thoughts
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Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Which is also true. Even an arhant cannot completely see all their past lives - only a Buddha can.
And also - just because we are now very well, live a happy life, doesnt mean we did not do anything bad before. We should understand that rebirth is just like dreams appearing out of our alaya consciousness. Sometimes we have nightmares sometimes we have sweet dreams. Our karma stems not only from one or two lifetimes ago, but can also be thousands or even aeons of lifetimes ago. It is deep in our alaya consciousness. That is why it can be rather 'scary' for someone unenlightened like me. We can never be certain what's next!
Which is also why it is very important to liberate - at least to 'Enter the stream' (stream-enterers do not enter the 3 lower realms and is destined to attain Arhantship within 7 lifetimes) or enter the Path of Seeing (1st Bhumi Bodhisattva).