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Enlightenment is not only timeless but also more beautiful, truer, and more indestructible than anything separable or conditioned. There is no greater happiness than the full development of mind!
Fearless Death: Buddhist Wisdom on the Art of Dying (2012)
If one understands that the only thing that remains timeless is the richness of one’s own buddha nature, one can relax even with regard to death.
Fearless Death: Buddhist Wisdom on the Art of Dying (2012)
Knowledge of inner processes in body and mind is as helpful for one’s own preparation for death as it is for people who care for others who are dying. If one knows what to expect while dying, the conditions can be used and fears specifically removed.
Fearless Death: Buddhist Wisdom on the Art of Dying (2012)
Just as what is in the jar, when broken, becomes one with the surroundings, death offers the opportunity to recognize the basic truth of all existence through non-discriminating one-pointedness. Like space, the essence of mind is unaffected by transition and death.
Fearless Death: Buddhist Wisdom on the Art of Dying (2012)
It is impossible to learn to meditate while dying. Therefore, it is a great help to become aware of the dreamlike state of all things during this life, to have understood this at least conceptually, and to have practiced the ability to work with one’s mind for years.
Fearless Death: Buddhist Wisdom on the Art of Dying (2012)
The essential art of dying consists of being easy-going and relaxed while at the same time staying mentally undistracted and one-pointed. Therefore, the one who is dying should imagine the most beautiful thing above his head and wish to go there as often as possible.
Fearless Death: Buddhist Wisdom on the Art of Dying (2012)