All sorts of cutesy things can be said or imagined about death -- most, if not all of them, consoling by wit or confected wisdom.
Idly, I wonder which would be worse -- or "better" if you like:
To die with a complete spiritual understanding
Or
To die without a complete spiritual understanding?
Idly, I wonder which would be worse -- or "better" if you like:
To die with a complete spiritual understanding
Or
To die without a complete spiritual understanding?
I'd think an acceptance would go farther than an understanding.
ReplyDeleteFact:
ReplyDeleteDeath is inevitable.
Likely Accurate Conjecture:
Spiritual Understanding, even though it is beyond reason, in some respects is like any other understanding: It is Never Complete.
Conclusion:
Gaté, gaté, paragaté, parasamgaté. Bodhi! Svaha!
In other words, Keep on practicing.
Great Faith. Great inquiry into Great Doubt. Great Understanding.