Dying and death. Questions and answers in Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity

  • Michael von Brück
Keywords: time, dying, death, hinduism, buddhism, christendom, prana, karman, resurrection, phases of dying, near-death-experiences, longing for completion

Abstract

Death and Dying. Questions and answers in Hinduism, Buddhism and Christendom. Though suffering and death as biological processes are anthropological constants, they are interpreted in the light of cultural parameters, which are subject to historical change. Accordingly dying and death are experienced differently in different religions, depending on their ideas of space and time and their social relations. However, with all those differences, the answers of religions to our mortality have in common a longing for completion.

Author Biography

Michael von Brück

*1949, Dr. theol., Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Munich, Zen and Yoga teacher, author of numerous writings on contemporary issues, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and interreligious communication, main work "Buddhism and Christianity".

Published
2005-08-03