Death
Ven. Dr. Dhammananda died on August 31, 2006. At the funeral there were auspicious signs including lights and auras around the funeral site. The weather was overcast and there was rain and then some rainbows, although no rain was in the forecast.
At the funeral the Ven. Madawela Punnaji gave a eulogy. Due to his devotion and respect to Ven. Dhammananda and the Dhamma, he was asked to stay, which he did.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“Nor has his death the world deceiv’d
Less than his wondrous life surpriz’d;
For if he like a madman liv’d
At least he like a wise one dy’d.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)
“In the whole vast dome of living nature there reigns an open violence, a kind of prescriptive fury which arms all the creatures to their common doom: as soon as you leave the inanimate kingdom you find the decree of violent death inscribed on the very frontiers of life.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)
“I asked myself, “Is it going to prevent me from getting out of here? Is there a risk of death attached to it? Is it permanently disabling? Is it permanently disfiguring? Lastly, is it excruciating?” If it doesn’t fit one of those five categories, then it isn’t important.”
—Rhonda Cornum, United States Army Major. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, “Perspectives” page (July 13, 1992)