生死皆自在 BEING AT PEACE
內容簡介：
人生百年終一死，這是未生之前就已註定的自然循環，但是面臨生離死別之際，多少人能不悲傷？多少人真能看透、放下？若是根本不知生從何來，不知死往何去，又怎能毫無牽掛的慷慨就死。
這是一本有關生死問題的專書，也是面對生命的極佳參考，期待讀者們找到生命的解答，清除內心對死亡不必要的錯覺與糾纏，認真地活在當下。
Introduction
Even if a person lives a hundred years, he will die eventually. This is the natural cycle of life and death, which was determined before we were born. Nonetheless, when we face this final parting from life, how many of us can do so without sorrow? How many of us are able to thoroughly penetrate the truth of life and death and let go?
In this book, Master Cheng Yen teaches us when faced with the lessons of living and dying, we must learn how to let go. Moreover, we must strive to truly make good use of each moment as we live. The most important thing we can do is to make full use of this life to train our minds; then we will not be easily influenced by external conditions. We can create good karma for the future and eliminate the afflictions and karmic obstacles we have now. We must not waste time, but make good use of our lives. Only then will we truly understand and be at peace with our own living and dying.
The book begins with “Warriors of Life” and “Stories of Life and Death,” which include true stories from modern times and classic Buddhist tales from more than 2000 years ago. These two chapters complement each other, for the Buddha-Dharma can be used to help us establish a spiritual foundation, while these real-life stories teach us how to calmly face death. Through other people’s experiences, we can find answers for ourselves. In doing so, we will be able to leave this life freely and peacefully and move toward our future path.
The third chapter, “Lectures on Living and Dying,” is a collection includes discussions on organ donation, and it also recounts several catastrophic events that occurred in Taiwan and abroad and the lessons we learned from these situations. The next two chapters, titled “Conversations on Living and Dying” and “Questions and Answers on Issues of Life and Death,” address questions regarding life and death. We hope you will be able to use these accounts to find answers to your own questions about life and death.
