Wednesday, February 10, 2010

How easy is it to die?

Is that a valid question? The answer would depend on your point of view when you are seeking a reply.

If your loved one is sick and dying in the hospital, it might seem as if death comes easily, and could be swift.
Yet if you were the patient lying on the hospital bed, suffering from the pain and agony, death might come too late.

For some patients on the hospital bed, death might be too slow in arriving.
Is it truly easy to die? I guess not, and it would depend on your karmic links and energy. If you were "meant" to suffer, than I suppose that you will suffer for some time, and death will not come knocking on your door.

But we must never forget that it is a blessing, a gift (in some sense), to be able to gain rebirth as a human being, for than we can cultivate and learn the Dharma. Even if we were suffering from some illness, there will also be lessons to learn, debts to be repaid, cultivation to be pursuit.

It matters not how easy it is for a human life to end. But it is important to take advantage of every single moment, to be present, to cultivate, to learn from the Dharma, and to take refuge in the Triple Gems.

Amituofo

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