Preparing for Death
Aparigraha prepares one for death by practicing letting go in life.
Death requires releasing everything. By practicing aparigraha in life, one prepares for the ultimate letting go. Those attached to possessions die in distress; the detached die in peace.
Practice dying daily by releasing attachment; then death holds no fear.
Aparigraha is preparation for the final release at death.
Death and Dying
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- What Jainism says about illness and the body failing
The aparigraha practised over decades is described as rehearsal — death requires releasing everything, so letting go of possessions in health is training for the day you must let go of all of it. The tradition claims plainly that the attached die in distress and the detached die in peace.