How can we let go of clinging to life, near the end of life?
“Be happy in every moment. … You don’t need to change anything. Let everything happen just as it comes. Just flow with it. It’s the process; everything dissolves into you, so change with whatever happens.”
“What practice makes it easier to let go of this life?”
“The best practice, is calm abiding. Remain with the breath. Develop calmness inside. Join awareness and the breath. Trusting these. Trusting the knowing. Trusting the calmness. Not pushing yourself to make any changes. And not paying attention to what others say about it.”
Khandro Rimpoche in: Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle. “Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows. A Couple’s Journey through Alzheimer’s.” Penguin, NY, 2008.
“If you accept life and death without any conditions, your life will become supple instead of rigid. You will not create strife."
Katagiri D. “You have to say something. Manifesting Zen insight.” Shambhala, Boston, 1998.
