Death from the Buddhist and Christian point of view“Today you will be with me in paradise,” said Jesus Christ to the thief on the cross as he was dying. However, can people believe that there really is life after death? In many different religions there are different perceptions of life after death. For example, in the Buddhist religion, Buddhists believe that life is a practice for death. Professor Brown, of California State University, Northridge, said: “Buddhist people cultivate positive, happy and virtuous states of mind and abandon non-virtuous, harmful and suffering states of mind.” This teaching is also reflected in the teachings of Christianity. Professor Brown also said: “Death is an opportunity for great spiritual success if one is prepared and remembers one's spiritual practices, beliefs and understandings during the dying process.” From its inception, Buddhism has emphasized the importance of death, as awareness of death is what prompted the Buddha to perceive the ultimate futility of worldly concerns and pleasures. Realizing that death is inevitable for a person involved in worldly pleasures and attitudes, he decided to renounce the world and dedicate himself to finding a solution to this fundamental of existential dilemmas. Buddhism does not consider death as a continuation of the soul but as an awakening. Dying and being reborn has been compared by some Buddhists to the flame of a candle. When the flame of a lit candle is placed close to the wick of an unlit candle, the light passes from one Valino 2 candle to another. The actual flame of the first candle does not pass beyond but is responsible for lighting the second candle. When preparing for death, Buddhists generally agree that a person's state of mind as they die is of great importance. While dying the person may be surrounded by friends, family and monks who recite Buddhist scriptures and mantras to help them achieve a peaceful state of mind. Buddhism states that all beings live beyond the various fluctuations of this life. Death is simply a passage to rebirth in another realm such as the human world, a pure land, or the flowering of the ultimate nature of mind. So, in all reality, Buddhists believe that every day on earth people should live with good positive feelings. , positive thinking, positive attitude. As the Buddhists suggested, life is practical. You cannot be happy in the afterlife if you do not benefit from your life on earth.