Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-12509038-20150119062617/@comment-26112212-20150123102355

@Gemnist- I believe the cycle of reincarnation ended and they are last reincarnation of Indra and Asura, because it was alluded when the statue made the seal of reconciliation. And reincarnation did happen and that was why Sasuke and Madara were able to awaken Rinnegan and Naruto's personality was similar to Asura, but there was no clear explanation of the continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth, and the concepts of reincarnation and it's cycle process is so vague in real world logic that we don't know what religion he implemented in his own concept so, it's hard to guess. Like you I don't know much about reincarnation but after reading few thing I came to understand the concept, from what I know, in almost every religious philosophy of reincarnation one thing is common it's a continuous cycle of rebirth and it's never ending, according to Buddha there is no beginning to this cycle but it can be ended by perceiving reality and that's what I said, may be it is ended in this realm and it'll continue in next realm, so Indra and Asura have realized the truth. In Buddhism it is a stream of consciousness that takes the form, in Hinduism it is the soul, the soul can take form of insect, animal, and human being regardless of caste, creed. I've never heard it is to move up from the social ladder it may be something you've misunderstood. The main reason for reincarnation is to experience fruit of one's action (karma) and so the reincarnation is governed by Karma. Heaven and Hell are not permanent abodes where judgement is carried out. The cycle ends after a person is said to have attained liberation.

In Avatar series, If they really follow real world logic then may be Korra is the last Avatar (even if they're demigods).

I believe the Six Paths of Pain are reference to the buddhism six realms. Within Buddhism, samsara is defined as the continual repetitive cycle of birth, death, and intermediate bardo state that arises from ordinary beings' generating and fixating on a mistaken concept of self and experiences. Samsara arises out of wrong knowledge about reality (avidya, ignorance) and is characterized by dukkha (failure, suffering, anxiety, dissatisfaction). In the Buddhist view, liberation from samsara is possible by following the Buddhist path.

Generally, there are six realms of samsara. These include: Gods, Asuras, Hungry Ghosts, Hell Beings, Animals and Humans. These names are also given to Six Paths of pain they are more or less similar. These are realms of desire if the person lets go material desires i.e. I-ness and my-ness (ego) I think it can be stopped. The consciousness will move towards higher realms.

The roles of Indra and Asura are no different from real world logic, each of them considered their roles to be important. The cycle continued with each of them killing each other, but in Naruto and Sasuke's case it was different they were fortunate that they're not fighting as Uchiha and Senju rather they were fighting as Konoha shinobi, there was no barriers between them as clans and Naruto was determined to save Sasuke, Sasuke after the end of battle did say he wanted to end this cycle. Perhaps I may have not given a clear explanation, but from what I know the cycle ended. This is also something me and Kirin discussed in Naruto Answers