Means we can’t effectively “live a pleasurable life / gather roses while we can in this life”, because the next lives downstream will keep experiencing suffering just like we do, and it multiplies to infinity, unless we do something in this life to escape suffering.
Even if you don’t believe in rebirth, it’s hard to deny that it does give a good impetus and sense of urgency that gets us to look beyond our own existence.
Means we can’t effectively “live a pleasurable life / gather roses while we can in this life”, because the next lives downstream will keep experiencing suffering just like we do, and it multiplies to infinity, unless we do something in this life to escape suffering.
Even if you don’t believe in rebirth, it’s hard to deny that it does give a good impetus and sense of urgency that gets us to look beyond our own existence.