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Tea of the Ultimate Moment: Dying to Live Fully
If you have only three months to live, each moment becomes a picnic to be prepared with intelligence: drink your tea with mindfulness, live each moment deeply, in touch with the wonders of life. One who does not know how to die does not know how to live; learn to die now: arrange your schedule so that you can leave this world in peace, without regret.
Some stories:
- A young man condemned to death lives fifteen more years after sharing a cup of tea in full presence.
- Meursault, in The Stranger, discovers the depth of a square of blue sky during his last three days.
- Accompanying a dying person by helping them touch their seeds of happiness: guided meditation on the Three Jewels, recalling the six senses and the six elements, chanting to rekindle peace and faith within them.
Each moment offered is a door to freedom: make the present moment the most wonderful of your life, prepare for death as you would for birth, and sow compassion and awakening around you thanks to your sangha.
