Tuesday, May 1 at DBT

Tree will share about “If I die tomorrow.” In her book “Learning True Love,” Sister Chan Khong wrote about her response to a question that Thich Nhat Hahn asked her back in 1981. As she was wrapping parcels for hungry children in Vietnam, Thay asked her “If you were to die tonight, are you prepared?” This question has great relevance for all of us in our own lives and can be used for reflection in our meditation and to ask ourselves how we can die peacefully.

...'If you were to die tonight, are you prepared?' He said that we must live our lives so that even if we die suddenly, we will have nothing to regret. 'Chan Khong, you have to learn how to live as freely as the clouds or the rain. If you die tonight, you should not feel any fear or regret. You will become something else, as wonderful as you are now. But if you regret losing your present form, you are not liberated. To be liberated means to realize that nothing can hinder you, even while crossing the ocean of birth and death.'