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	From this time the disputes were mainly between the different systems of Hindu philosophers, viz. Nyâya, the Vedânta of the school of S'ankara and the Theistic Vedânta of Râmânuja, Madhva, etc.		From this time the disputes were mainly between the different systems of Hindu philosophers, viz. Nyâya, the Vedânta of the school of S'ankara and the Theistic Vedânta of Râmânuja, Madhva, etc.
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		+	=Life and Death=
		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=the-speaking-tree-The-Buddhist-View-Of-Life-19052016018066 ''The Times of India''], May 19 2016
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		+	Kamalkumar Jain
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		+	A seeker asked a Zen Master, “What happens after death?“ The Zen master replied, “I don't know“. The practitioner was surprised.“But I am not the dead master,“ came the reply. Death is a matter of experience.Death can be experienced while dying and one is not able to share the experience after death. Both life and death are matters of experience.
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		+	What is death? We can easily answer that death is when life ends; it is cessation of life. It is not so easy to answer what life is, though. And how does one describe cessation? The teachings of Gautama Buddha help us to ponder over these issues. The Buddha said that all of us will pass away eventually as part of the natural process of birth, old age and death.Therefore we should always remember the fact of the impermanence of life. Buddhism calls it the `suchness of life'.So, death is not the end of life to Buddhism as it is merely the end of the physical body we inhabit in this life.Our fear of death comes from the fear of ceasing to exist and losing one's identity and foothold in the world we are familiar with.
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		+	Krishna in the Bhagwad Gita presents this eternal truth in a different manner by saying that there is no death as such, because nothing dies, only forms change. Life is a continuum. This indicates that death happens millions of times in the long journey of a continuous life. Death is merely incidental; it is something that happens in between. It is natural to be grieved at the loss of family members and other dear ones, as we will then have to adjust to living without them. We miss them as they were so much a part of our life.The death of a loved one or even someone who is not so close to us, is a terribly painful event. This reminds us of our own inevitable end-in-waiting and we begin to feel that everything is a blip on the screen; so transient and impermanent. The greater the element of sadness of grief and personal loss, the more one tends to feel sorrow for oneself.
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		+	The Mahayana tradition uses the concept of “death awareness“ to further its fundamental interest in compassion and as an aid to helping people to comprehend the impermanence of life not only of all other beings but all material things also.
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		+	Awareness is the key . Awareness helps us to overcome the fear of death also. If one can learn to view death from the Buddhist point of view, one can find that it becomes easier to support others when they are dying and one can offer them comfort and the knowledge that there are many positive possibilities ahead.
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		+	Keeping in mind the fact that life is impermanent and that everything is transient even though life is one long continuum, you may be able to bring the lesson of non-attachment more into practice. As a result, it is possible for the dying person to learn to bid goodbye to his dear ones and for his loved ones to also bid him farewell with the thought that the time has come and the one who is departing is now going to a new life.We must provide all the support and love that we can offer, to a person on the threshold of death. The time of death is a great opportunity for transformation for any sentient being who is aware while dying.

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Jyoti at 19:56, 3 November 2016

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"| This article is an excerpt from A HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY By SURENDRANATH DASGUPTA First..."

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
This article is an excerpt from
A HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
By SURENDRANATH DASGUPTA
First..."