Transcending Death

TitleTranscending Death
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsMilcinski, Maja
JournalJournal of Dharma
Volume30
Pagination81
Date Published2005
ISBN Number0253-7222
KeywordsBuddhism, Death, Life, Taoism
Abstract

In this article the phenomenon of death, and various ways of transcending it, is treated. Buddhism with its prospect for escape from the eternal cycle of transmigration, as well as Daoist elements and beliefs in eternal youth and immortality are presented and contrasted with the thought of Meister Eckhart, Rabindranath Tagore and the final days of Socrates as described in Plato's 0RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT2Phaido