I have heard that few days ago somebody cut off all four paws
to one street dog here in my country, so it inspired me to think
a little bit about "good and bad" karma in animal species...
1) There are different possitions of karma even in animal
species - one can become hungry and sick street dog,
and another person can become a dog in wealthy american family
2) It is usually said that it is very dangerous to fall in the
animal species, but it is often forgotten that even in
the animal species can be better (from the material
point of view) then in human species. If you are born as
a dog in a wealthy american family your life would be
much better than life of some homeless, poor and sick person.
The only exlpanation of danger of dog life is that dog cannot
understand message of God, and in his mind never
appears question WHY? - athato brahma jijnasa.
Sheep is eating grass peacefully while his fellow sheep
is slaughtered beside...
3) I have heard that if you are to become something
else then human in the next life, then it is precisely
decided what it will be - 2 times fly, 3 times chicken,
1 time pig, 1 time dog, 2 times lion and this is it. Is it
correct?
It seems perfectly reasonable, since if you are in animal
body you cannot create new good or bad karma, so you
are just waiting the cycle in animal bodies to finish, to
again get the opportunity for spiritual advancement
in human body.
Some time ago I was thinking about karma and animals... I think it would be too simplistic to say that only the animals that were previously sinful humans have to suffer. Everyone suffers. Whole world is constructed in such a way that every action causes some reaction. And therefore there is a place for instant karma in animal species, like when the dog disobeys his master and gets punished.