What should we do and meditate on when we are near to end of life? How should we practice now to create the conditions for source of joy and peace?
Ajahn Jayasāro explains
"𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡. 𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒-𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑊ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑎̄𝑑ℎ𝑖.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑜. 𝑇𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 '𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒' 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛."
~ 𝑨𝒋𝒂𝒉𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒔𝒂̄𝒓𝒐
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