tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396517587773846626.post3869767291749028299..comments2022-12-11T05:09:07.838-05:00Comments on Vedanta Society of Providence: Thinking of One's Own Death to Gain PerspectiveVedanta Society of Providencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01607465523968495680noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396517587773846626.post-12539022407979527552013-08-28T11:29:28.277-04:002013-08-28T11:29:28.277-04:00Thanks for pointing out how looking at death in th...Thanks for pointing out how looking at death in this way keeps one be rooted in the reality and seek the truth beyond it. Of course, thinking of death as an escape from troubles faced in living is not the right way - it is suicidal tendancy.SChaitanyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396517587773846626.post-19566032424678915442013-08-26T23:02:35.382-04:002013-08-26T23:02:35.382-04:00Seeing death in its true perspective as mentioned ...Seeing death in its true perspective as mentioned in Gita ("it is after all just a change just as birth, childhood, youth, old-age is") is so helpful. People usually hide facts of death from children saying it will affect their minds. On the contrary they will actually become stronger in life and face it boldly if they are explained the levity of death at an early age. I remember the movie on Sri Sankaracharya in which his father explains to young Sri Sankara: "My son, Death is your friend. When it approaches you, don't be afraid". And in that movie, death does approach him as a young kid and friend. Nachiketa's thought in Kathopanishad: "Like corn, man decays and like corn, he is born again" and Lord Jesus' saying: "For you are dust, and to dust you shall return" are apt here.Srikanth_Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396517587773846626.post-73922600936324810732013-08-26T11:57:26.854-04:002013-08-26T11:57:26.854-04:00Yes, remembering death always is useful – it remov...Yes, remembering death always is useful – it removes a lot of pettiness, jealousy, hatred etc. in us as we keep a bigger picture in front of us. Recalling the death of our body, therefore, leads to “death of worldliness” in us. I always try to think that when I say “goodbye” to someone it could be a REAL “goodbye” as we never know if either of us will be alive the next moment. That way I try to see the impermanence of human relationships (or anything for that matter) but at the same time the love and respect for them is much more as you value everything that much more, again due to this very impermanence nature. Therefore, contrary to what many people think, remembering death actually will make our life and of all those around us much better and more meaningul. Also we will be better prepared mentally to deal with the death of a fellow being (near/dear) by seeing it in proper perspective of what scriptures say of death as we had been contemplating on those lines all along.Seekernoreply@blogger.com