Thubten Chonyi on the benefit of death
In this talk Venerable Thubten Chonyi delves into the profound concept of using one’s life and death as a means to benefit others.
Through stories of individuals who approached death with compassion and clarity, such as the monk who allowed people to sit with his body after death and the friend who faced her final days with meditation and grace, she highlights how deaths can inspire connection, compassion, and personal transformation.
Encouraging practitioners to embrace death with kindness and compassion, Thubten Chonyi emphasizes the importance of leading a virtuous life and cultivating positive qualities to carry forward into the transition of death.
Ultimately, she concludes that the imprints left by one’s death can ripple through future lives, making it inevitable for death to be of benefit to someone, underscoring the profound interconnectedness of life and death.
