Good morning everyone. Many people they are very attached to what they
are, whether they are beautiful or handsome or have a good family, good husband, or good wife
whether they have a good job. Everyone attached with all these exterior factors, but
in Buddhist philosophy, we view our current life the most important lesson is we view ourselves
as like a tenant living in a house. Tenant, it means that we will finish this term of life
maybe in age 80 or in age 40. Tenant means temporary. Nothing is permanent why we say like a
tenant living in a house. A house is a metaphor of our physical body. Maybe our body can let us stay
and use for 90 years, maybe sometimes only 30 years. So that's why in Buddhist practitioner
we view ourselves in our this term of life like a tenant in a house
Our consciousness living in this physical body is temporary, so that's why the metaphor as a tenant
live in the house. So when we know this theory we know we should not attach to what we have surround
us, whether it is happy or suffering. The most important is we need to keep the state of our mind in peace
free of attachment. So if we have this fundamental understanding how we view our this term of life,
then it will build us a very solid foundation to view what is death in Buddhist view. So today I'm
going to share what is death in Buddhist view. In medical terms all our body signal stopped
then a doctor will determine that this person is dead But in Buddhist philosophy, we do not determine
this person is dead just based on the medical terms define this person has no sign of the body
function like breathing or no heart beating or no brain activity. In Buddhist theory, we believe that
a person has five major components as the last video I already explained: earth, liquid, fire, wind,
and emptiness. Once all the human physical body sign stopped
the conscious level still active inside of this deceased person. So in Buddhist point of view,
we need to wait. Wait until this deceased person to allow themselves to travel out this physical body.
So that's why we need to wait a minimum eight hours to allow them to travel out of this body.
As I already explained earlier our current life is like we are the tenant in the house. So when we
die, it means that this house no longer let us stay anymore. Then we have to move forward searching
for the next house to let us stay. So that's why we have this metaphor: a tenant living in a house
When a person in the Buddhist view fully dead, a minimum of 8 hours even 24 hours sometimes
even need to wait for 49 days to allow this deceased person their conscious level to freely travel out
from their tangible body to seek for next rebirth, or go to the Buddha's Pure Land. So this is a very
important time in Buddhist term we say, Bardo. We need to wait for diseased person
to lame their spirit their conscious travel and the seeking for the next rebirth.
So that is a very complex theory and the transformation of to next term of life,
but in easy way to understand is waiting for that eight hours
wait for the deceased person their consciousness can travel out from their dead body.
It sometimes even requires longer time. So usually the relative of family member of loved ones what they
do for this deceased person. they will do a player a prayer for chanting the Mantra or chanting
Amitabha buddha's name or having a Buddhist monk or none to do a prayer for this diseased person
to have some special prayer to help them to have a better rebirth in the future helping them
out of this body so if you are interested in these concepts the most important is do not cry
in front of them or shake their body it sounds quite mean right a relative or our loved one
pass away we cannot cry in front of them why is that in Buddhist theory we say because the
diseased person even though they pass away there is no sign of the body function the conscious
still stay in that dead body so when they see all the relative of a loved one
crying they will have a stronger attachment they cannot freely let go this dead body and
they will have more suffering and they cannot let go so that's why we encourage the relative
try not to cry if you cannot hold the tears try go to other places to cry
and why we encourage the relative a loved one do not shake the dead body it's because this deceased
person when they are in the Bardo their consciousness needs to travel out of this dead body. If we touch
their body the deceased person will feel a severe pain like using a knife cutting their body. So for
the kindness loving we encourage the relative, the loved one do not move or shake their body
Minimally need to wait for 8 to 24 hours to let their consciousness travel to the next stage. So
these are the two good tips you can learn when you're facing someone pass away how to best rescue them
from this suffering of being in death. On top of that, you can do a lot of prayer
like chanting the Mantra doing a prayer and asked the diseased person to do the prayer with you
because on the time their physical body stop the function their conscience is very clear
and they can mobility to anywhere so whenever you want to talk to them
encourage them to do the prayer with you. You just say, "Please join me for the prayer and you can go
to Amitabha the Buddha the Pure Land. There will be no more suffering for you after this term of life."
and the deceased person will follow you if you have a good connection with this deceased person.
So that is also a good tip for you to help your loved one. The last stage when they are facing
death. I know this is quite heavy and difficult to understand because this is a very complex lesson,
but I try to use a very short video teaching to give everyone good tips when you're facing someone
facing death how you can help them, rescue them from the suffering. you can do those I already
mentioned earlier. For the future, how you can do more when they are traveling and seeking for
next term of rebirth, we say in Bardo period, I will try to create another video in the future.
I wish you enjoyed my sharing today and I hope next time you'll join me again. Thank you.