The
Blessed Buddha once said:
There will come a time, Bhikkhus, when all the mighty oceans will evaporate,
dry up, vanish, and exist no more. But there will be no end of Suffering for
beings who, blinded by Ignorance and obsessed by Craving, are hurrying
and hastening through this samsaric round of endless rebirths...So
is it!
One day this mighty planet earth will explode in a gigantic burst of fire,
be completely destroyed, and exist no more. But there will be no end of
Misery for beings who, obstructed by Ignorance and addicted by Craving,
are hurrying, even running and hastening from birth to repeated death in
this round of rebirths... This I have now explained to you!
Video illustrating life among humans, in heaven and in
hell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QDBHCxvX-Q
For
details on this Round of Rebirths:
Samsara see:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/samsaara.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Samsaric_Round.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Endless_is_Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Samsaric_Dread.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Samsara.htm
Please enjoy your study here on Rebirth:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Rare_Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Divine_Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Animal_Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Endless_Round.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Samsaric_Dread.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Minor_Hells.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Hell_Destiny.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Five_Destinations.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_5_Destinations.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Kamma_and_Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Samsaric_Round.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Mad_Demon_Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Human_Being_Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Hungry_Ghost_Rebirth.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/What_passes_on_by_Rebirth-Linking.htm
Snared by the colors of existence
the beings whirl around like flies in a bottle!
Source:
Grouped Discourses of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya SN 22:99
http://store.pariyatti.org/Connected-Discourses-of-the-Buddha_p_1379.html
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/ati_website/html/tipitaka/sn/index.html
Documentary on Near-Death Experiences (NDE):
Light, Love and Life after
Life...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCo46sapPBc
On Rebirth from an Early Buddhist Perspective:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rebirth.htm
