Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: Finished, Not Dead

Once we have used up an item, we say it is finished.

We don’t say it is dead.

However, when the vital breath leaves the living body,

we say the person has died.

When the body dies, the vital breath leaves the body.

Does anything else leave the body other than the vital breath?

No, the body becomes unconscious

and is cremated soon thereafter,

and the vital breath becomes all-pervasive.

The vital breath leaves the body

and merges into air and space.

For the Self, there is no coming or going.

This is a fact of Reality.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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