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| Suffering of death |
Life is such a precious thing that all the riches of the
world could not be exchanged for it. Yet no once can escape the pains of death.
When death approaches, you will be fallen to deathbed and will have no strength
to get up. You will start disliking of any edible and drinks and cognizant with
death. You will become a vessel filled with sputum, mucus, filth and all sorts
of dirty things. Reminded by the death and its approach, one suffers more
thinking of death. You will regret ones misdeeds of the past only known to yourself
and out of regret you beat yourself using your fist to the chest. When the
moment comes and you are lying on your deathbed, you must take leave of
relatives and friends, wealth, and possessions, just like a hair pushed form a
lump of butter. Alone you must go forth into the unknown. It is said in sutra
that when king of death arrives to take you hence, only virtue and misdeeds
will keep you company. All others will draw back with none to follow you. Understand
this well and mend your ways.
In addition to above there are other sufferings such as separation
form what is loved; meeting unwanted circumstances; not having what one wants
and having what one does not want; having care for already accumulated wealth
and many more. Considering all these sufferings, irrespective of young and old,
should realize that the undefiled peace and happiness can only be obtained by
abandoning unwholesome activities and to cultivate a wealth of virtue is to
adopt the positive, beneficial and wholesome activities that are the cause of
happiness, again for both ourselves and for others, so is my thinking.
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