(Certain excerpts and writings in following blog is taken out of the book.. Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death .... by Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gaikkai International.)
Oh boy, here I go touching on the untouchable. Hope those of you who read this won't feel offended, for whatever reason, but all I can say is, avoid reading this won't affect the inevitable, since the fact that we all must die someday. Realistically, is that something we should fear? Well, you should be well advised to hang in here and learn some things that will take the fear out of the equation.
Montaigne said, " To philosophize is to learn to die". Similarly Buddhism teaches us: "First learn about death, and then about other matters". As both, statements suggest, learning about death enriches life.
To continue from the above source; How we perceive the meaning of death and the meaning of life hinges completely on whether we can establish a correct view of life and death. Goethe says, " Those who have no hope of another life are already dead in this one."
WE study Buddhism to live vibrantly and with eternal hope. Well death, which inevitably comes to each of us, be a time of dignity, and honor? Or will we end in pitiful demise? This is completely reliant on how we live our lives right now, today. In that sense, the moment of death truly exists in the present.
This lays the ground work for my blog ahead in this week, so please, consider the above and please come back and don't forget, if you want to comment, do so. Welcome always. Cheers CJ
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