We name her "Ah Girl" coz that name seems to trigger the most response from her other than tempting with food :D Got her for about 3months and from her behavior I see how wholesome and analytical is Buddhism is understanding all sentient beings.
Call it fate I suppose. When we got her from her previous owner, she did not struggle at all and even till now she is not showing signs of wanting to go back. She just clicked with our family instantly.
Anyway when I am with her, talking to her, looking into her eyes. I am like talking to a human. Looking beyond her dog's body through her eyes, she is just like any beings when you look through their eyes too. Humans inclusive. She likes to play with us, stick to us very closely and likes to eat!
From ah Girl you see a being that lacks far lesser intelligence (wisdom) and characters overwhelmed with sensual desires. However, even when we are so close to her, but in the face of food being snatched away, she resorted to barking and snatching the piece of bone back.
She also likes us carassing her fur. She likes to bark at strangers but when we try to stop her, she continues to bark with lesser volume. Its like a drug addict that clings strongly to her habits.
Buddha teaches us that all sentient beings possess Buddha nature and given time, when the bad Karma lessens and good Karma surfaces (with the right conditions), she will be reborn to the higher realms (Humans, Asuras and Devas). I would say the forces of Karma could be seen as habitual tendencies, and the intensities of the habit. With such, we are pulled by the karmic forces to the realm that attracts us.
To summarize, Karma is not pre-destination and Buddhism generally do not accepts pre-destination. We are what we are due to what we do in the past. And sequentially, what we are in the future depends on what we do now. It is an active ideology that inspires progressive betterment of oneself.
In Buddhism, there are countless Sutras and literatures that dwells on the notion and the journey of death and the crossing to other birth. One book that was highly recommended by my friend is called "Tibetan book of death" which I have yet to lay my hands on. To understand the nature of the mind since it was only the mind that handles the life after death, the branch of buddhism studies call 维识学 is definitely a must to focus on.
To end off, ah Girl is actually a high EQ dog!
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