03-10-2010, 12:00 AM
The Blue Cliff Record wrote:
Before his death he said to his disciples, "Grasping emptiness and pursuing echoes wearies your mind and spirit. When awakened from a dream, you realize it was false; after all, what matter is there?" When he finished speaking, he died, sitting at rest.
Dying is an integral, necessary part of manifesting in human form. The only reason to try to avoid it is because it is feared.
Before his death he said to his disciples, "Grasping emptiness and pursuing echoes wearies your mind and spirit. When awakened from a dream, you realize it was false; after all, what matter is there?" When he finished speaking, he died, sitting at rest.
Dying is an integral, necessary part of manifesting in human form. The only reason to try to avoid it is because it is feared.