Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 When i looked at the pictures of some of the victims who survived, i realised it must be a new beginning for them. A new life...almost. So many had lost all their possessions, all their relatives, their very livelihood had been snatched from them. And yet they live on...suffering, remembering the past and wished they had died too. A heart wrenching, sad and depressing time for them. And i realised that when i die, unless, i jettison the attachments i have in this worldly life, in whatever form they present themselves, i too will be in the same shape, after death, as those earthquake victims who survived. Their attachments were torn away from them and they rue. So unless i detach myself of all NOW, when i die, i will suffer the same trauma that the victims who live suffer...for my attachments will also be torn away from me at my hour... It was the Buddha who said... " The only thing that an intelligent person should get to know is that which cannot be destroyed by DEATH. " Looking around i see nowt that cannot be destroyed by death. And yet i continue to NOT renounce ALL! To think that i might have to come back and go through algebra and trigonometry, adolescence and teenage insecurity, having to prove myself all over again...just so i can " enjoy " my " possessions " does give me a jolt of vairagya, though. Then again, it is only for a short while! _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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