APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH (Maranasati) --- by Ajahn Nyanamoli Thero, Hillside Hermitage 

Amazing. "Whatever you do in your life, you won't escape the liability of death".

“We seek the power to ward off big evil (death) by reflexively embracing small terrors and small fascinations in the place of overwhelming ones.” - Ernest Becker

indescribably Profound... 3 bows to Ajahn!!!

Thank you all for your service to the Dhamma

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

Golly! Such a clear and powerful message. I Feel so fortunate to have come across this talk and to have some sense to comprehend what's presented. What a recontextualization! I thank you with all my heart

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Immensely valuable thank you

Sadu!!! Sadu!!! Sadu!!! Venerable Thero.

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"the only way you stop being affected by death, is if life itself stops affecting you " 47:48 Marvelous Bhante 🙏 Brilliant exposition. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and insights.

Sadhu, Bhante! This cleared up so many doubts I had about your other talks.

Vagga V: With Yourselves as an Island

There are subtle energies seemingly recording every moment of aggregates. They as I suspect would strongly manifest at the moment of death. BTW Ajahn breath out is unavoidable. Thats the end of this form. Awareness is this weird great beyond and it can not be considered mystical but home like feel. Realizing those realms (jhanas) is the end of ignorance. I am looking forward to listen to your Dhamma videos and going forward. Thank you, Sadhu, All the best.

Thank you, Bhante. How do I reconcile the fact that nothing is under my control yet I am the owner of my actions (and their consequences)?

I fear death

Dear Bhante, You have said in various talks that marananussati is "the quickest and sharpest way". To be concise; are you referring here to the ariyasavaka, or to the puthujjana (in order to obtain the right view, that is)? I know that there is no "method" or anything like that ("trying to understand", and so forth). Just to be clear, this question serves only as an anxious attempt at 'speeding up the process', so to speak. I have given rise to a great sense of urgency -- a result of contemplating death, of course -- and I have no qualms about 'scraping the barrel' for whatever tidbit you can throw my way. I expect a "there are no shortcuts" type of answer, but so be it. As before, I'm as grateful as my name indicates. You've more or less given me the opportunity to attempt this, and I fully intend to use it as far as life will allow. My sincere thanks to all of you over there.

I was practicing visualizing i had a ticking bomb inside me that could go off any minute and then it dawn on me. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A TICKING BOMB IN ME BODY THAT CAN GO OFF ANY MINUTE aka heart

Ven Ajahn, I have a question, If we are mindful about death, then are we guarded by that very truth of death?

The wise man don't love life to the point he would die for it. The life is not worth of suffering... it's a game where everybody loses...

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