buddha's quest

what happens when you come face to face with death? or rather what happens when u come face to death in a way, you have never seen it before.

imagine u are a happy person, a loving person, a person who has all the things to keep him happy, no reasons to make him unhappy..you are a king for god's sake, u have a beautiful loving wife, u have just been blessed with a son, and there is a whole kingdom filled with people who are ready to give up their lives for you.

and one day u see death..just like that..the first thought...what if i lose my loved ones to death? u mean, it has to happen..there is no escape from losing them to death? all the time, all the emotions, ive invested in my relationships can come to an abrupt end, if death chooses to take away the people in whom ive invested so much?

what is the solution then? how can i prevent this? i can choose to invest in so many people, that i need not fear death, snatching all of them at once..or like a die hard alcoholic, i can choose to change my brand if it suddenly becomes unavailable.

or i can think of a way, of being happy without depending on my relationships.


and that's how somebody sets out to be a Buddha.