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My dear friends,

 

Recently I came across the following quote by swamiji.

 

" The whole world is going towards death; everything dies. All our

progress, our vanities, our reforms, our luxuries, our wealth, our

knowledge, have that one end — death. That is all that is

certain.

Cities come and go, empires rise and fall, planets break into pieces

and crumble into dust, to be blown about by the atmospheres of other

planets. Thus it has been going on from time without beginning.

Death is the end of everything. Death is the end of life, of beauty,

of wealth, of power, of virtue too. Saints die and sinners die,

kings die and beggars die. They are all going to death, and yet this

tremendous clinging on to life exists. Somehow, we do not know why,

we cling to life; we cannot give it up. And this is Maya. "

- Swami Vivekananda

 

There is something I don't understand in this quote.

 

" ....Death is the end of life, of beauty, of wealth, of power, of

virtue

too.... "

 

I can understand that Death is the end of wealth and power. But why

virtue

? Does not virtue outlive death ?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

R.Venkatesan