By Maria Popova — 2014
“The greatest dignity to be found in death is the dignity of the life that preceded it.”
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Zen training talks a lot about death. But one practitioner found that it doesn’t necessarily prepare you to face your own.
For many of us, thinking about death—our own, or that of anyone we love—is supremely difficult. So, most of the time, we don’t think about it at all—until we have no choice.
“Zen practice … requires great faith, great courage, and great questioning.”