Spiritual references on sickness and death

Here are some resources on the subject of illness and death from a Buddhist perspective.​ These will form the framework of Ajahn's teaching session at Oslo University this Winter.


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• Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143: A teaching of a gradual letting go through reflection and strength of mind https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.143.than.html 
  
  
• The Buddha attends to a monk with dysentery: Mv 8.26.1-8: Practical nursing advice and the sense of duty looking after the sick https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/vin/mv/mv.08.26.01-08.than.html
  
  
• One need not be sick in mind just because one is sick in body: SN 22.1: The presence of the Buddha as an inspiration for a sick man to train himself https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.001.than.html
  
  
• An encouragement to reflect on the goodness one has done in the past to raise up the mind: SN 55.21
  https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn55/sn55.021.than.html
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• Ajahn Chah to a dying lady, on how to use meditation to help us let go https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/chah/our_real_home.html