even if you stopped making kamma right now your past kamma from this life isnt gonna end till the next life so you still have 1 more life.jcsuperstar wrote:if you read buddhadasa's explination it makes sense. but basically it states if the kamma we make has to be drawn out over 3 lives then you always have to have a future life, even if you stopped making kamma right now your past kamma from this life isnt gonna end till the next life so you still have 1 more life. or something like that. the main point is that if youre always working with three lives you cant end it in this life. but if youre not always working with 3 lives whats the point of a 3 life model?
Following this line of thinking all kamma made in this life must be exhausted in this life, which is not too realistic.
Past kamma from 10 lives ago may play itself out in this life. Break the chain, there will be residual kamma, the body being part of that, but there is nothing further impelling one foward. There is no grasping after. Buddhism is not Jainism where kamma must be completely exhausted for there to be awakening.