Life and Death: Buddhist Perspective
Joloraine B. Ang
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Introduction
Life is impermanent and death is inevitable. The loss of ones existence is something nobody can escape from—it follows life as surely as night follows day, winter follows autumn or old age follows youth (Ikeda, 1998). Death is a sensitive issue for some people and although most people fears death, it is a stage that is unlikely to be prepared of. What becomes of us after we die? We can try to shrug off and ignore this question, but "People often make the mistake of being frivolous about death and think, 'Oh well, death happens to everybody. It's not a big deal, it's natural. It'll be fine. 'That's a nice theory until one is dying" (Rinpoche …show more content…
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Joloraine B. Ang
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Introduction
Life is impermanent and death is inevitable. The loss of ones existence is something nobody can escape from—it follows life as surely as night follows day, winter follows autumn or old age follows youth (Ikeda, 1998). Death is a sensitive issue for some people and although most people fears death, it is a stage that is unlikely to be prepared of. What becomes of us after we die? We can try to shrug off and ignore this question, but "People often make the mistake of being frivolous about death and think, 'Oh well, death happens to everybody. It's not a big deal, it's natural. It'll be fine. 'That's a nice theory until one is dying" (Rinpoche …show more content…
(n.d.). (S. N. Rong, Trans.; K. Rong, Ed.). (1996). The critical issue of life and death. http://www.buddhanet.net/cbp2_f7.htm
Gouin, M. (2014, July). “Life and Death” in traditional tibetan buddhism. Dharma World.
Gunaratna, V. F. (1980). Dharma data: Rebirth. Retrieved March 1, 2016, from http:// www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/dharmadata/fdd47.htm Ikeda, D. (1998). Life and death. Philippine Magazine Mirror.
Lester, R. C. (1993). "Buddhism: The Path to Nirvana." Religious traditions of the world: A journey through Africa, Mesoamerica, North America, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, China, and Japan. (B. Earhart, Ed.). San Francisco: Harper San Francisco. pp.847-971.
Rinpoche, S. (1993). The tibetan book of living and dying (P. Gaffney & A. Harvey, Eds.). San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.
Strong, L., PhD. (2000). Buddhist views on death and the afterlife. Retrieved March 1, 2016, from http://www.mythicarts.com/writing/Buddhist_Awareness.html
Tang, T. N., Ven. (2002, March 22). Buddhist view on death and rebirth. Retrieved March 7, 2016, from