Cattāri Brahmavihārā

I’ve been reading some accounts of rebirth from non-Buddhist sources lately and the one thing that has consistently struck me is the fact that many of these accounts, especially those of Edgar Cayce, seem to proceed in a way one would expect according to the Dhamma but the interpretations vary widely. In other words, it seems that there is no guarantee that simply knowing about the fact of rebirth will engender the kind of wisdom required to make an end to suffering.

Of course this should be obvious to me already; most of the world’s religions have a place for rebirth but they are tree wrt a far cry from the Dhamma. I guess all of this is to say that I fear what will happen when I die if I do not at least attain to stream entry in this life. It seems to be so easy to just lose one’s way in this bottomless pit of samsara and our puts into stark contrast our privileged situation where we have even the opportunity to hear the Dhamma in any form. May we dedicate ourselves to the practice everyday in whatever ways we can and may we never forget to take refuge in the Triple Gem.