# Classic Sources On Death and Others **URL:** \ **Category:** Textual Scholarship\ **Created:** [August 28, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/classic-sources-on-death-and-others/2596 "2026-08-28T09:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/renaldo/32/2033_2.png) [@renaldo](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/renaldo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/classic-sources-on-death-and-others/2596/2 "2026-08-28T17:16:42Z")
Thank you, Bhante, for writing that article and sharing those excellent resources. Hopefully others will contribute more of the same here. > [@bksubhuti](#): > > There, I referenced the famous story of [The Weaver’s Daughter](https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Dhamma-Verses-Comm/13-07.htm) I remember I received a printed booklet containing the story of the Weaver’s Duaghter from the Venerable Pesala in London back in 2007, when I went to learn meditation from the Venerable before going to Thailand. The booklet had a very big impact on me. The following excerpt is from [_The Shortness of Life_](https://www.dhammahome.com/book-en/topic/33): > "Actually, also now there is momentary birth and death of each citta that > arises and falls away. Life lasts as long as one citta and this is extremely short. > The Buddha taught about life at this moment, what life is now. **Acharn said: “Life** > **\> does not belong to anyone, it is only one moment of experiencing an object. It is** > **\> extremely short.** There should be more understanding that there is no one, only > conditioned realities.” > > We read in the Kindred Sayings (I, Måra Suttas, § 9, Life Span3) that the Buddha said: > > “Bhikkhus, this life span of human beings is short. > > One has to go on to the future life. > > One should do what is wholesome and lead the holy life; for one who has taken birth there is no avoiding death. > > One who lives long, bhikkhus, lives a hundred years or a little longer.” > > Then Måra, the Evil One, approached the Blessed One and addressed him in verse: > > “Long is the life span of human beings, The good man should not disdain it. > > One should live like a milk-sucking baby: Death has not made its arrival.” > > The Blessed One: “Short is the life span of human beings, The good man should disdain it. > > One should live like one with head aflame: > > There is no avoiding Death’s arrival.” > > Then Mara the Evil One…disappeared right there. > > Acharn reminded us: “What is there from moment to moment? What has arisen > just a moment ago? It has all gone immediately. Life is nothing. From nothing > there is something and then again nothing, completely gone. After seeing there is > the idea of ‘I‘ from birth to death." The prefeace points out that this disccusion took place not long after the King of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, had unfortunately passed away. > Preface. > > Acharn Sujin and her sister Khun Sujit were invited to Vietnam at the end of > October by Tam Bach and other Vietnamese friends for a two weeks sojourn. > They sponsored their flight and hotel accommodation. Sarah and Jonothan were > assisting Acharn untiringly and with great enthusiasm during her Dhamma > explanations. Friends from Thailand, Canada, Australia, Taiwan and myself > joined this journey. In Vietnam Tran Thai made the travel and accommodation > arrangements for all of us. > > The Dhamma discussions took place in Hanoi. There were Dhamma sessions > before with Acharn Sujin in Hanoi and at that time there were very few > attendants. This time the number of listeners had grown, there were about > eighty of them. They became more and more interested to understand the > present reality. Among the audience were three monks, many “nuns”, that is to > say, women who wear robes and observe eight precepts, and many lay > followers. Some were with their parents. Tam Bach translated into Vietnamese > the English Dhamma discussions and a team of Vietnamese friends translated > the questions from the audience into English. We also were invited to the > mountaineous region of Sapa where the discussions were more informal and > personal. > > Before going to Vietnam I spent a few days in Bangkok, at the Peninsula Hotel. > The King of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, had just passed away and a > period of national mourning was anounced which had been extended to a year. > Every day the daily news paper, the Bangkok Post, was dedicated to all the > achievements of his Majesty. He truly was a man of the people, visiting all parts > of the country to meet people personally in order to see in which ways he could > solve their problems. With dedication and self-sacrifice he set up many projects > to raise their quality of life. He assisted the hill-tribe villagers who lived in very > difficult circumstances. He made people replace opium crops with alternative > crops such as peaches and apples. His Majesty spent several years in hospital > because of ailing health and also during that time he only thought of the > interests of his people. That last paragraph shows what a great King he was. I wrote a little bit about how his funeral rites included sermons on the _Dasavidharājadhamma_ here: > [@Clever wolf](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/clever-wolf/2115/7): > > That is true. And as we know from studying the texts themselves, the artwork based on them, and the doctrines they contain—such as the ever-important Dasapāramī and Dasavidharājadhamma —a fair argument can be made that they rank among some of the most important and influential texts in all of Buddhist history. We have been discussing how important they are in another thread here (and thank you for your contributions there, Robert): I mean, even as recently as 2017, the funeral rites of Kin… Thanks again for sharing those excellent resources. 🙏 R --- _[View the full topic](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/classic-sources-on-death-and-others/2596)._