Death & the Dying Process
The understanding of death as transition rather than ending. Death is approached as a spiritual passage and opportunity for liberation or transformation.
“At the moment of death, the consciousness experiences the clear light of reality; recognition of this nature leads to liberation.”
“Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven.”
“One moment of repentance and good deeds in this world is greater than all of the World to Come.”
“From it We created you, to it We return you, and from it We shall bring you out once more. Verily We shall require your soul and return it to your body.”
“As a person sheds worn-out garments and wears new ones, so too the soul casts off a worn-out body and enters a new one.”
“The wise are not afraid of death, for they know the soul is eternal and death is but a transition to the next stage of being.”
“At death, the soul departs and on the third night faces judgment; the righteous pass to the House of Song, the wicked to the House of Lies.”