Tricycle Daily Dharma January 15, 2013
The Ultimate Reflection
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Buddha exhorted his disciples to reflect on death a lot—to use it as
the ultimate prompt to practice now, in this moment; to practice every
day. To stoke the fire before it’s too late. To prepare ourselves to
make skillful choices in the moment when we leave this body. The same
things that impede meditation are those that cloud our view at death:
pain and emotional distraction. The better we master these fetters in
life, the better chance we have of forgoing them at death.
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- Mary Talbot, "How Buddhists Can Prepare to Die"
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