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Death Cafe
Shoshin1
Veteran
Have any members been to a Death Cafe ?
It's a place where people from different backgrounds/spiritualities can go have a cup of tea and talk about death...I guess it's a way of helping people to overcome their fear death and dying....
There one starting up on the island...it's being run by a friend who was part of our local Buddhist group years ago...
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what a great idea!
Lord Yama off for a cup of ambrosia death tea …
I was aware of these Death Cafes and like @Bunks think it a great idea. I do spend a lot of time talking flippantly about death over a cup of tea, as people have an innate avoidance of mortality. In fact many avoid dukkha in general. Not this crustacean.
Other things to consider:
It's worse than any curse word to most people I know, even though I can see it's a lot of what they think about. I may be too casual about the topic though. @Shoshin1 I had no idea this was so popular. There's even one near me.
I was aware of the death cafe’s, but have never been to one, unfortunately there aren’t any nearby, I would have to go to Amsterdam. It’s funny because recently there has been a lot of death around, my two uncles died last year, a good friend of the family died last week, my father’s girlfriend’s mother died a few days ago. I’m beginning to suspect any attempt to avoid mortality is going to be futile.
Even worse some people are afraid of life and living. My sister is one in such dukkha distress. Luckily I informed her this morning that Samsara is Nirvana (she is a semi-buddhist/Harry Potter fan boy) … and she seemed to get it … finally.
https://resources.soundstrue.com/transcript/nirvana-and-samsara-are-the-same-thing/
Meanwhile …
ah ha! thanks for the tip. New greets for Buddhists:
Thank you, @lobster. I'm so happy to see more eco-friendly burial options available now. I hope this trend continues.
Me too @Eliz
Here is great system. The crows in particular the ravenous ravens of the Tower of London would welcome the return of this supplemental diet … I think tourists would be most entertained.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial
I am ready.