Is belief in the end of experience wrong view according to the Buddha?
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I read on the internet the following opinion:
> *... the view that death marks the end of experiencing, that death is the end of experience... this, according to the Buddha, is wrong
> view.*
However, Dhammapada 41 states:
> Vata Alas! Ayam kåyo This body, Aciram Cannot endure. Apetaviñ
> Apetaviññåno When consciousness is gone, Chuddho They throw it away,
> Adhisessati Adhisessati To lie, Pathavi Pathavim Upon the earth
> Kalimgaram iva Like a fallen log, Nirattham Useless,
> meaningless ...
Also, the last words of the Buddha from DN 16 are:
> *"Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!"*
If experience did not end at the termination of life, why would Dhp 41 use the word "Alas!"?
If experience did not vanish at the termination of life, why should a Buddhist practitioner strive with earnestness?
Asked by Paraloka Dhamma Dhatu
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Aug 9, 2017, 03:57 AM
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