Mind Beyond Death

From “Mind Beyond Death” – Dzogchen Ponlop

According to the Buddhist way of practicing, death is not something that we accept or reject. That is, we do not go toward death prematurely, nor do we try to hold it off indefinitely if its time has actually come. Buddhist practice consists of being who we are, which includes being where we are.

When we are a dying person, we have to be that person, and we have to be there when death occurs.

 The point here, however, is: do not be afraid of being who you are in any moment, or under any circumstance.

Breath is now. Breathing takes place now—we are neither in the past nor in the future.

From the Buddhist point of view, death is not the end because it is also a beginning. The end of this life’s appearances is the beginning of the next life’s appearances.