Listen, Contemplate, Meditate<\/strong>
We Must Prepare for Death
When suddenly one day one of your loved ones dies and you don\u2019t know what to do to help, you\u2019ll feel so confused, so lost. Recently a Buddhist student of mine told me that this is what happened to her when her father died unexpectedly.
This made me think that knowing how to help others at the time of death is such important education to have.
As you get older, you\u2019ll definitely hear about people dying\u2014family members will die, friends will die, even your enemies will die too!\u2014so you will need to be prepared to help them.
This doesn\u2019t just apply to people who work with the dying; everyone should learn to know how to help people when they die. \u2026
But before you can help someone else at the time of death, you need to learn how to prepare for your own death.
If you look at your mind and how much attachment you have, I think you will see that there is a lot of work to be done before you face death, and this is true of almost everybody.
Have you freed yourself from attachment to your possessions? To your loved ones and friends? To your career and reputation? Could you separate from your body happily tomorrow? The more familiar you are with the various practices, the ways to think, how to make your mind happy, the more easily you can help others at the time of death.
But if you haven\u2019t prepared for your own death and you\u2019re limited in your knowledge of what to do at the time of death, you\u2019ll be limited in your ability to help others. So write down what you want to practice at the time of your death, how you want to die. Write it down in your diary right now!
(Lama Zopa Rinpoche, How to Enjoy Death: Preparing to Meet Life\u2019s Final Challenge without Fear<\/em>)
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