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Thinking about death makes it painful

We have discussed it here before, and I was very impressed. Today's question is similar, but after all, I'm afraid of death and I'm worried. I've been thinking about it all day long, and I'm trying to come up with answers in my own way, but I haven't run out of worries. I'm afraid of my own death, and I'm also afraid of my family's death. It's a mystery why I keep thinking about it all the time, but I want some kind of answer. What should we do to live without fear when we don't even know tomorrow's fate? Can't we somehow make this heavy and depressing feeling lighter?

5 Zen Responses

while fighting the fear of death

How many years have you been alive?
I'm probably going to spend time feeling scared from now on, but in reality, no one dies.
Not only that, they rejoice at their child's growth, shed happy tears at children who are tied to people they like and show happy smiles, and chew on the happiness of being able to celebrate their husband's birthday together.
Such an event awaits you with open arms.

Death is not an eternal farewell

I wonder if it's like threatening disorder.
You can't help but worry all the time.
It's a good idea to check safety just in case.
But it's a bit overkill, isn't it?
Do you go to a psychiatrist?
It's not like you can go through and get better, but I think just having a doctor listen to you will calm you down.

BTW,
Death is not an eternal farewell.

Speaking of the Pure Land faith,
When people run out of lives, they go to the Pure Land of Paradise.
Your ancestors, your parents, your family, and yourself will all go to the Pure Land of Paradise.
So we can meet again.
I'm not lonely.
Please don't worry.

Life and death are two sides of the same coin.

tonight.
I read your question.

If humans are born, they die, this is 100% absolute.

Maybe I won't wake up right now, or tomorrow morning as usual...

No one knows that.

Thinking about “death” is not a bad thing at all.

However, overthinking is not good.
If you think too much, you are afraid, melancholy, and burdened by various anxieties like you about “death,” which you can't see with your eyes and don't know when it will come.

You say you want to live without fear of “death,” but if that is the case, you can leave things that exist around you every day to your family, yourself, work, and try not to leave anything unfinished.

They said, “Kourin no Manjitsu no Koin Hitoto” and said, “The months and days that pass by like a flow, this present moment can never be rewound. There is a Zen saying with the intention of “finishing what you should do today by the end of today in order not to leave any regrets or thoughts left behind,” he said, “If you notice it, you have nothing to do and have no memories left behind.”

As these words say, if you make an effort to be sent every day without regrets and without leaving a thought, little by little, the fear, melancholy, and heaviness of feeling about “death” will go far away,
Rather, I think it will change to a strong and peaceful heart to the extent that it can be said that it is okay to “die” at any time.
Ryusuke Gassho

Everyone is fine since they died (^<^)

It's fine. There is no one in this world who has ever died.
People don't die for the rest of their lives until they die.
You can't experience death.
“Oh, it's dead”
“How was it?”
“Yeah, that's pretty amazing, what's for dinner today?”
“It's not dead, is it?”
“huh?”
“Ah, dangerous, behind the meteorite...”
Gon (°°°) ☆
“...”
“Did you do that?”
“... yeah.”
“Can you talk?”

Even if it were a near-death experience, that person wasn't dead at that time.
Since it ceases to exist the moment death is experienced, there is no experience, perception, or recognition.
Even after experiencing it, the person himself died, so I can't even express my impressions.
Even if you think about death all the time until the moment you die, breathing continues until one second before death, so it can be said that you've wasted your survival time just thinking about it.
No one knows when they go to sleep.
The person who talks after sleeping is someone who is awake or sleeping. (lol)
Even if you think about when you're asleep when you're awake, you're at ease when you sleep, so you don't need to think much about anything other than snoring, bruxism, and squawking.
My body is still alive and breathing even now, even though I shuddered in the same way.
That's the truth, so you should know that what you're thinking is an illusion that won't happen for the rest of your life.
But you might say that someday people will die, right?
Please reread it again. People cannot experience death for the rest of their lives.
Don't be afraid of not being able to experience it.
Think about falling asleep.
“Oh, are you going to sleep or are you going to sleep? What happens when you sleep? zzz”
“If I go to sleep, will I wake up? Will I be able to wake up myself while I sleep?”
“You should sleep with peace of mind.”
Death is the same.
It is designed so that everyone can die with peace of mind.
There is no right or wrong with death itself.
Imagining something more than that, having secondary delusions only creates anxiety and falls into a state of fear.
It's a feeling of fear while you're alive, not death.

An auspicious thing that is simply based on a concept (fractionation effect)

Yukiko

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

In Buddhism, “ignorance” and “ignorance” (not knowing the truth) are the root causes of all afflictions.

There are places where the afflictions of fear and anxiety also occur because of “unknown things,” “things you don't understand,” and “you don't know.”

If we can know more accurately about fear and anxiety about “death,” we will surely be able to reduce that fear and anxiety.

What is “death”... originally, it's just an auspicious neutral (neutral) thing that is only made up of concepts (fractionation)...

This is the same as what I answered earlier about the view of life and death, but I would be happy if Yukiko could continue learning about death from a Buddhist perspective from a Buddhist perspective by referring to the following.

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The phrase “immortality” appears in the Heart Sutra. If I were to talk about it here, it also means “immortality.”

Our natural way of being is actually “without life, there is no extinction (death).”

Simply put, it is not possible to find something without an empty entity by searching for something that can be said to be “life” or that this is “death.”

Exactly, it's about what lives and what dies, but since Buddhism deals with two truths, I know there are various things that are difficult to understand.

Victory is the supreme ultimate truth.

Secular deception as truth in the world.

As for Katsuyoshi, it is “immortality,” but on the other hand, in terms of secular abandonment, it is still “life and death.”

Regarding the view of life and death, I think that if we can firmly advance our understanding of life and death from both Katsugi-san's view of life and death, even if it is still biased towards either judgment or common opinion now, it will eventually become a balanced understanding as a middle path.

By all means, I would be happy if you could take this opportunity to become more interested and learn about Buddhism.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho