Death Contemplation |Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts · Dec 9, 2021 · 30m

The typical response to death in our society is denial. But however much we deny it, that will not change the basic reality of our own mortality. The Buddha instead advises us to directly confront this challenging reality by deliberately contemplating death ('Maraṇussati').However, to really gain the intended benefit from death contemplation, there are two important preliminary conditions:We have confidence that death is not an absolute end, but that the mind/consciousness will continue and take up a new body in the next rebirth according to our kamma and craving.We have confidence that it is…