Death, Dying, and BeyondSri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, Sri Aurobindo Society, 2006 - Family & Relationships - 327 pages Man's paradoxical relation to death is that he sees the fact of death all around him, yet lives as if he were immortal. He may struggle to understand, wandering from the material scientist to the mystic in search of the secret meaning of death. In this book the author examines the complex questions on the nature of death, and follows Sri Aurobindo's deeper vision behind the veil of death to find the answers to some of the most perplexing ethical and existential problems related to death, dying and the beyond. |
Contents
WHAT IS DEATH? | 3 |
THE WHY OF DEATH | 33 |
THE SHROUD OF DEATH | 51 |
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