萨古鲁：生命如何结束，死亡如何开始？(10)

我们必须明白——你并不诊断人们是否死亡，你宣布他们的死亡——这两者有所不同。所以当你宣布他们死去时，对你来说，他们死了。就那个人而言，某种程度上，所发生的一切不过只是他失去了他的身体。他穷尽一生，认为自己是一具躯体，从未意识到他携带的这个躯壳只是来自地球的累积物。当他突然离开身体，他倾向于在躯体周围流连，因为他失去了他的辨别力。一旦他离开身体，辨别力就消失了，所以他倾向于流连于那具躯体周围。
That is why in this culture, we said the moment we are sure that somebody is dead, you must immediately cremate them. It’s good for the dead, so they know the game is up, and it’s also good for the living. If somebody very dear to you just died and their body is there in front of you, you keep on hallucinating, “Maybe they’re just sleeping. Maybe they will sit up. Maybe some miracle will happen.”
这正是为何在这一文化中，我们说一旦我们确定某人死了，你必须立即火化他们。这对死者有益，这样一来他们知道游戏结束了，这对生者也有好处。如果一个对你而言非常亲近的人刚死了，而他们的身体在你面前，你会一直幻想，“或许他们只是在睡觉。或许他们会起来的。或许某些奇迹会发生。”
This will go on unnecessarily. You will see people are crying and big emotional drama is happening. But the moment you cremate the body, everyone becomes silent, because now everyone knows the game is up. It’s good for the living and for the dead. So about life leaving the system, life is so entrenched in the system, it will not go away just like that. In stages, it came in; in stages, it will go away.