Page 10 - NAMAH-Apr-2018

Namah Vol. 26, Issue 1, 24th April 2018

always live; you become wholly independent 1970, p. 193.
of your body; your conscious existence does
not depend on it; and this body is only one of 2. Ibid.
the transient forms through which you have
manifested. Death is no longer an extinction, it is 3. Sambhava P. The Tibetan Book of the Dead. New
only a transition. All fear instantly vanishes and York: Bantam Books; 1994, p. 34
you walk through life with the calm certitude
of a free man (6).” 4. The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother, Volume
15. Cent. ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
What can be a better preparation for death, Trust; 1980, p. 130.
nay immortality — than to live without dying!
5. Sambhava P. The Tibetan Book of the Dead, p. 34.
“Thy nature, immortality! Who knows?
And yet who knows it not? It is but life 6. The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother, Volume
In stronger thread of brighter colour spun, 12. 2 ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
nd
And spun for ever…. (7) ” Trust; 2002, pp. 83-4.
Edward Young, ‘Night Thoughts’.
7. Enright DJ (ed.) The Oxford Book of Death. Oxford:
References Oxford University Press; 1983, p. 165.

1. Sri Aurobindo. Birth Centenary Library, Volume
18. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust; — Dr. Soumitra Basu

10