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Death Quotes by Sogyal Rinpoche
- Normally we do not like to think about death. We would rather think about life. Why reflect on death? When you start preparing for death…
- Perhaps the deepest reason we are afraid of death is that we do not know who we are. We believe in a personal, unique, and…
- Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.
- Death is a vast mystery, but there are two things we can say about it: It is absolutely certain that we will die, and it…
- Why exactly are we so frightened of death that we avoid looking at it altogether? Somewhere, deep down, we know we cannot avoid facing death…
- We often wonder: "How will I be when I die?" The answer to that is that whatever state of mind we are in now, whatever…
- Switch on the television or glance at the newspaper: You will see death everywhere. Yet, did the victims of those plane crashes and car accidents…
- At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying? What more wonderful…
- Even if they don't know that you are practicing for them, you are helping them and in turn they are helping you. They are actively…
- I remember how people would often come to see my master Jamyang Khyentse simply to ask for his guidance for the moment of death. He…
- There would be no chance at all of getting to know death if it happened only once. But fortunately, life is nothing but a continuing…
- If all we know of mind is the aspect of mind that dissolves when we die, we will be left with no idea of what…
- For most of us, karma and negative emotions obscure the ability to see our own intrinsic nature, and the nature of reality. As a result…
- This is the real and urgent reason why we must prepare now to meet death wisely, to transform our karmic future, and to avoid the…
- At the moment of death, there are two things that count: whatever we have done in our lives, and what state of mind we are…
- Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is, and so treat…
- What is born will die, What has been gathered will be dispersed, What has been accumulated will be exhausted, What has been built up will…
- There would be no chance to get to know death at all ...if it happened only once.
- The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are, our…
- In the Buddhist approach, life and death are seen as one whole, where death is the beginning of another chapter of life. Death is the…
- Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.
- Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
- When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense…
More Death Quotes
- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids… — J. J. Abrams
- Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying… — Karen Armstrong
- Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which… — Matthew Arnold
- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. — Isaac Asimov
- Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why? — Wystan Hugh Auden