It’s so sad that one of our Richmond Monks has passed away recently from cancer. Tonight’s teachings were none of us will be on earth very long. We have a number of precious years which, in the eternal perspective, barely amount to the blink of an eye & then we depart. Our spirits are taken home to that God who gave us life. We lay our bodies down & leave behind the things of this world as we move to the next realm of our existence. When we are young, it seems that we will live forever. We think there is a limitless supply of sunrises waiting just beyond the horizon, and the future looks to us like an unbroken road stretching endlessly before us. However, the older we get, the more we tend to look back & marvel at how short that road really is. We wonder how the years could have passed so quickly & we begin to think about the choices we made & the things we have done. In the process, we remember many sweet moments that give warmth to our souls & joy to our hearts. But we also remember the regrets, the things we wish we could go back & change. The monk told me not to be sad & that a funeral ceremony is not a sad event. For all Buddhist believers, we need to look at death as a passage to a next life & corpse are burned to allow the spirit to escape. RIP ai-jan Chandy, we will miss you dearly.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:16:41 +0000
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