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So im getting pretty far into my meditation book. I just got to the meditation called "Meditation of Death" This one kinda disturbed me. It says to have a peaceful death we need to let go of our attachments during the time we have left. That part makes since but then it went on to say we need to let go of all of our friends and family members in order to have a peaceful death. Doesnt this mean in order to have a peaceful death the only thing we can be attached to is our own mind? |
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ld's since joining....28
dreams are real while they last, what more can be said about life??
Adopted: SuperDuck
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You did not misinterpret. It is as Buddha said: "He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes." This style of thinking is pretty foreign to our Western minds. It is what Buddhists believe, not necessarily "the absolute truth," so I wouldn't worry too much about it. You are entitled to your own beliefs. |
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But not being attached to your family still boggles me, i mean i understand it but it is a hard concept to grasp |
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ld's since joining....28
dreams are real while they last, what more can be said about life??
Adopted: SuperDuck
I don't come from a picture perfect family, honestly, I don't care about them. Also, 95% of my friends are "online". I have no real attachments so I live by my rules and do want I want to do without fear of criticism from "loved ones". |
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I think it mostly means that before we die, we shouldn't miss our material possesions. We should realise that alll we need is within us, including our family and friends. |
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“What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume
This regards rather to saving all of those attached to you from suffering caused by your death. If you don't belong to any family, clan, group, in short nobody knows you personaly, then who is to suffer from your absence in this world? |
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I'm tired being sorry.
Nobody forces you to agree. Just think, who is gonna to suffer more - you or your family and friends? |
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I'm tired being sorry.
there is asilverish thread attaching a child's heart to his Mom's... not to be broken even when one - or two - of them - passes the Gates of Death. |
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Last edited by charlila; 08-05-2013 at 03:13 PM.
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