Buddhism and Death

Patients who suffer from heart failure complications experience a huge array of apprehensions during the course of their illness. Some of these apprehensions include being perturbed about imminent death and encumbering their families, being unsure about the remaining part of their lives, despondency, feeling isolated, and feeling like they are disabled. According to a report that was given by the family members of patients with heart failure, the health 64% of the patients had tremendously dilapidated in the last stages of their lives, which means that they experienced poor quality deaths. Death for patients may happen due to abrupt and unpredictable causes for example cardiac arrhythmia. Sadly, according to the report moderate and high levels of dyspnea were experienced by 63% of the patients who passed away due to heart failure complications in the last 3 days prior to their death. The report also stated that moderate and high levels of pain were experienced by almost 50% of the patients experienced in the last 3 days prior to their death.

Death occurs when an individual or object ceases to live or exist. Death can happen to all kinds of things including creators. Death in a commonsensical context is perceived as a non-technical notion and all the derivatives of the word death are all applied reasonably in the correct manner.

Since time immemorial, man has constantly attempted give answers to queries regarding death such as: who are we? In which manner should life be lived if the ultimate stage is death? What happens after we die? Due to these queries, the concept of good death has been brought about. As a result, academics from different disciplines such as theology, anthropology, sociology and psychology have been delved into this concept. Cultural dynamics regarding death have been investigated in sociology and anthropology; emotional reactions regarding death have been explored in psychology; and the manner in which religion impinges an individual’s ability...