The show is about someone being reborn as a dog after an unfortunate car accident which he thought to be murdered by his good friend. Later on, the dog recalls his past life and plots how to seek his revenged. I am definitely in no position to comment about Karma or the concept of rebirth. But maybe I could paint my thoughts in how rebirth of greed, hatred and delusion gets "reborn" in our everyday life and every moments' thought.
How often have we think after we get or attain something, we think we will be satisfied. But often, it just become a platform for more greed. Greed gets reborn after one greed gets its "nutrients" to climb higher on top of the previous.
When we quarreled and simply can not stand the sight of that person, our anger burns in our mind. We bear grudges and leads to hating that person. Whatever the person says or act, you think he is finding fault in you. Such negative emotions eventually cools down but burns again more easily when there is a chance to (even to anyone). Just like a fire was burned out, reduced into amber, but will start a fire again when we fan it.
After doing something wrong, we feel guilty and believes that a confession and repentance to our faith, we are free from the sins. Then again not long after, we commit another mistake and repeats the same process again, just like a dog chasing its tail. Deluded are we to think we can find an easy way out. And because of such "convenience", we starts to convince ourselves we did the right thing. We grow to believe we are right in anything as long as we can "customize" our faith or belief to agree with our deeds. Delusion gets reborn again from a thought moment to another.
Without practising the Dharma, habouring right view to things, all these defilements get reborn again and again without rest. Having said that, wholesome thoughts and actions can get reborn too. We can grow our loving kindness from just our family to all sentient beings. We grow our compassion to that of Ksitigarbha bodhisattva, where he vows to attain Buddhahood only after freeing all beings from hell. We find joy in seeing others' progress in life and we seek to emulate his progress. We also bears equanimity to curb our greed, hatred and delusion.
Unwholesome thoughts could not arise with wholesome thoughts. An ill-will can not arise when we are having good intentions. We have all the control in directing where our thoughts should go. And thus, Karma is never fatalistic and we can always better our life and lives to come _/\_
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