If You Are Going to Die Soon

Buddhists teachers like to remind us that we never know when we are going to die.

That is true, but some people are certain they will die fairly soon. They may have a disease that doctors can reliably predict the course of and their prognosis is death will occur within weeks or days.

If this is you, or as a hypothetical, if this were you, what would you do?

I would keep doing what I am doing now. I would meditate daily . I would likely meditate even more and try to spend as much time as I could in a state of bliss. Samadhi for…