When I Die Comments

Buddhism is just one answer. Best of wishes, Dennis Ryan

"Prima, quad vitam dedit, hora corpsit … Nascentes morimur." You need remember that "Buddhism" is just a label for a mode of thinking that prioritizes the moment, that this kind of thinking exists in many places and cultures.

As Montaigne wrote, "The project of our life is to build death. He quoted this from the Latin (Roman) poets: "Prima, quake vitam dedication,

Death is the touchstone and guidepost to our lives here on Earth. Montaigne in his essays says as much, Shakespeare read his essay on death, and, as a result, was inspired in part to write the play Hamlet in 1599 in commemoration of his own son's death, whose name was Hamnet.