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Gunaratne discusses the importance of contemplating the subject of death, a reality of life that is so often avoided and ignored. Using explanations and examples from the Pāli Canon, Gunaratne shows us the direct relation between an understanding of death and development in wisdom and knowledge of ultimate truths. Various approaches to the understanding of death are explored using concepts such as fear of death, infatuation with sense pleasures, the law of \u003cem\u003ekamma\u003c\/em\u003e, the attachment and delusion of self in the five aggregates, the law of \u003cem\u003eanicca\u003c\/em\u003e or impermanence, the law of Dependent Origination or conditionality, and the law of becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1958 and 2002, a total of 334 individual physical Wheel Publication booklets were published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS). 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F. Gunaratne (MP3 audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e This is an audiobook of Wheel Publications No. 102\/103 \u003ci\u003eBuddhist Reflections on Death\u003c\/i\u003e by V.F. Gunaratne, narrated by Jonathan Nelson. \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\"To most of us, at some moment or another, the spectacle of death must have given rise to the deepest of thoughts and profoundest of questions. What is life worth, if able bodies that once performed great deeds now lie flat and cold, senseless and lifeless? What is life worth, if eyes that once sparkled with joy, eyes that once beamed with love are now closed forever, bereft of movement, bereft of life? Thoughts such as these are not to be repressed. It is just these inquiring thoughts, if wisely pursued, that will ultimately unfold the potentialities inherent in the human mind to receive the highest truths.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"According to the Buddhist way of thinking, death, far from being a subject to be shunned and avoided, is the key that unlocks the seeming mystery of life. It is by understanding death that we understand life; for death is part of the process of life in the larger sense. In another sense, life and death are two ends of the same process and if you understand one end of the process, you also understand the other. Hence, by understanding the purpose of death we also understand the purpose of life.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"display: block; text-align: right\"\u003e V.F. 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