After death, life will begin. Do you know dualism? Dualism means the idea of paired things existing. I mean if there exists good; there exists bad too. There exists light; there exists dark too. Similarly, there exists life; there exists death too.
Life and death are paired things. We cannot separate from each other. Therefore, according to Buddhist philosophy, if I have to answer to your question “What will happen after death when a monk or a Buddhist die?”, life will become again because there is death, there is life soon after death. It is something similar to secular philosophy of dualism.
However, the Buddha taught us to free us from the circle of life and death process by practicing “Mindfulness-Based Vipassanā Technique” that is beginning with “Right Understanding we called Sammaditthi in Buddhism. I hope you get it.
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Author:
Ashin Kekasa is a graduate in Mathematics. He finished his both public and monastic educations. His major interest was Mindfulness-Based Vipassana Meditation instructed in Buddhism. He took six months long retreat course in Mahasi Meditation Center when he was a layman. After his six months long meditation practice, he became a Buddhist ordained in Mahasi Tradition.
However, he wanted to know much more about Buddhist philosophy so he moved to Mahagandhayon monastery to study Pali scriptures seriously. He has spent teaching and practicing in Mahagandhayon monastery. He did it well. Then, he moved to the forest for his serious meditation practice.
He founded his own forest meditation center 15 years ago. He has been conducting Vipassana retreat for laypeople twice a year. He has also been used to travelling to abroad since 2004 because he is invited by people to teach them meditation. It is just a brief biography of Ashin Kelasa.
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