Reflection On The Loss of Loved Ones Dhaññan dhanan rajatan jātarūpan - Pariggahan cāpi yadatthi kincī Valued possessions and whatever property there is, servants, employees Dāsā kammakarā pessā - Yecassa anujīvino and all dependents …. Sabban ādāya gantabban - sabban nikkhippa gāminan ….. all these have to be left behind when going beyond. Yanca karoti kāyena - Vācāya uda cetasā But whatever one does through deed, word or thought…. Tanhi tassa sakan hoti - tanca ādāya gacchati …. that alone belongs to him, that alone he takes with him and that alone Tancassa anugan hoti - chāyāva anapāyini follows him like his shadow. Sabbe sattā marissanti - maranantan hi jīvitam All living beings die. Life ends in death. Yathā kamman gamissanti - puñña pāpa phalupagā Beings fare according to their deeds, reaping the harvest of their deeds, meritorious or otherwise. Nirayan pāpakammantā - puññakammā ca suggatin Those who commit demeritorious deeds go to woeful states and those who do meritorious deeds attain blissful states. Tasmā kareyya kalyānan - nicayan samparāyikan Therefore, let one always accumulate good deeds for future life in the next world. Puññāni paralōkasmin - patitthā honti pāninanti Meritorious deeds sustain one’s own life in the future. The fascinating process of human decomposition  |
