Are you ready to die now ?

• bohiruci

  27 Apr 09, 11:40

  This is a taboo question in many people , but death can happen to us anytime , anywhere
  
  Being a Buddhist , one should let go when the Time comes and Reflect on what one have done and not done
  
  and Wholeheartedly preparation for the afterlife
  
  
  The Tibetan Book of the Dead
  
  Sogyal Rinpoche
  
  
  Maybe share what you read about the Deathbed practice in Pureland and Tibetan Buddhism

  
  

  At peace while listening to Audio instruction on Tibetan Book of the Dead
  

   

• Emanrohe

  27 Apr 09, 23:33

  Yes I agree with bohiruci, preparing for the afterlife is of utmost importance. Some masters say that buddhism is abt understanding life and death. In chinese, liao3 sheng1 si3. But there are many meanings to this phrase. One, being, understanding where you come from and where you will be going or reborn to. The next being seeing into impermenance. And the third being ending the cycle of life and death.

   

  However, for those aspiring to be a bodhisattva, one should understand life and death and have no fear of living and dying. In fact, if you take a look at how a bodhisattva practices, he purposely undergoes rebirth after rebirth to help ppl and perfect his paramitas. So how can a bodhisattva be afraid of living, dying and the suffering which comes with it? If you take a look at the big picture, the whole span of your life including all your previous and future rebirths, you'll understand a lot about life and become less attached. It will also become clearer what you have to do now.

   

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