Mortality & the Beyond

Facing one’s own death; fear of dying; what the moment of death is like; the afterlife, judgment, rebirth, near-death glimpses.

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Christianity · KJV Bible (Old Testament) · Psalm 73:26

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.”

Judaism · Tanakh - Job (JPS 1917) · Job 14:1

“Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble.”

Hedonism · Epicurus (Diogenes Laertius) · Book X — Principal Doctrines (XXXI)

““Death is nothing to us; for that which is dissolved is devoid of sensation, and that which is devoid of sensation is nothing to us.”

Hinduism · Mahabharata — Selections (Ganguli) · Vana Parva, Section CCCXI (Yaksha Prashna)

“Day after day countless creatures are going to the abode of Yama, yet those that remain behind believe themselves to be immortal.”

Confucianism · Analects of Confucius (Legge) · BOOK XI. HSIEN TSIN.

“He was answered, 'While you do not know life, how can you know about death?'”

Islam · Quran (Pickthall 1930) · An-Nisa 4:78

“Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers.”

Christianity · KJV Bible (Old Testament) · Psalm 116:15

“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.”

Judaism · Tanakh - Isaiah (JPS 1917) · Isaiah 46:4

“Even to old age I am the same, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.”

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