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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 (48153 rep)
Aug 9, 2017, 03:57 AM
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