Grief & Loss
Mourning a death; the absence, fate, and continued presence of someone lost; bereavement and what grief is for.
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Judaism · Tanakh - Job (JPS 1917) · Job 1:21
“And he said; Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return thither; The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Christianity · KJV Bible (New Testament) · Revelation 21:4
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
NDE · Beyond with Heather Tesch · #10 Jeff Olsen's Encounter with God & Loved Ones and His Path to Healing Part 2 (Part 10 of 14)
“grief grief may be the grandest form of love but we only grieve because of love”
Spiritualism · The Spirits' Book (Kardec) · CHAPTER I
“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Hinduism · The Upanishads, Part II (Müller) · Katha-Upanishad: II, 6
“'When all the ties of the heart are severed here on earth, then the mortal becomes immortal--here ends the teaching.'”
Islam · Quran (Pickthall 1930) · Al-Baqarah 2:156
“Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo! unto Him we are returning.”
Sikhism · The Sikh Religion (Macauliffe) · Vol. IV — Life of Guru Har Krishan, the Eighth Guru, Chapter III
“Why should we mourn for the body when it is God's will that it should depart.”
Sufism · Masnavi i Ma'navi (Rumi) · Book VI — STORY V. The Sufi and the Qazi.
“Hadis "Those who have passed away do not grieve because of death, but because of wasted opportunities in life."”
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