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Mourning Nong Ice, an 8-year-old girl suffering from cancer perform a death ritual before leaving peacefully

It is a story that has been discussed in the online world. for the death of Nong Ice, an 8-year-old girl who has been suffering from bone cancer since 6 years ago tried to treat With 12 chemotherapy, 5 abdominal surgeries and 31 radiotherapy until the cancer disappeared in late 2021, her story was published on Facebook. Pimthicha Rittathanasetha

But by April 2022, the cancer had returned. Makes both the younger and the family prepare themselves to let the younger brother go without suffering. including a death rehearsal It prepares the mind to be aware and ready to deal with death. in which the clip of the rehearsal died Little Ice was lying on the bed with his father by his side. He held the steering wheel and said “If I die, thank the angels who have always taken care of me. I want you to the Buddha guide me to nirvana and if the mouse is dead May this bouquet lead you to heaven. to meet the Buddha

After performing the death rehearsal, the next day, on June 16, the younger brother died. Mother stated that Younger with a prepared heart While waiting to see the situation of the body that creates tiredness, shortness of breath, has to lie down for several days Inhale, rocking both shoulders and neck. and pain at some point I told my parents not to give me morphine injection until I really can’t feel it. If I can, just take it as a liquid. with the first patch Rats still refuse to use injections. to the point where he really thinks he can’t hold it anymore Tongue became stiff, difficult to speak, could only eat with a sip of water. but also told the horse that I felt happy.

After telling about 4-5 hours, new pain points started to come. The pain is like having to lift up. which has almost no strength So I told my parents that it’s time to take morphine injections and then stop the pain. Then the younger one knew that this injection was a long sleep. but without any trepidation You have to accept what you have to face. without any tears After 15 minutes of injection, the pain began to calm and I fell asleep. 30 minutes later I woke up and said something nice. For the last time, “Dad has done his best. I don’t take it anymore I’m released” and then slept for 7 hours until the heart stopped beating.

Parents have done their duty to send the younger siblings in their final spiritual time according to Buddhist principles. I don’t want everyone to be sad. But I want to be happy that you can rest after a long time and help to bless the younger brother to be able to live in a better world than human beings free from disease

Later, Facebook Pimthicha Rittathanasetha Post a picture on the day of watering Nong Ice’s funeral Ready to say… It was the most perfect departure for any child.

Things that the family and younger siblings had done before they actually died It’s rehearsal to prepare for death. Practice often. One day before the actual death date. Tongue is still not hard. tongue still speaks normally (But his breathing has become very tired already). Ice, look at this body. See, we can’t order it, we can’t force it, we can’t order it to heal. Can’t order it not to hurt, can’t stop it. This body we temporarily borrowed from the world. The moment this body really can’t take it anymore. Leave it, baby, leave it, it’s the cause of suffering. don’t have to hold it Set your mind to allow the mouse to be free from the body that causes suffering.

Ice teased her mother that The rehearsal horse is dead if it’s not born. Aren’t you practicing for free?? The horse replied, it’s okay not to die. But if we die, we practiced death just in case. will not lose ice is ok understand well Importantly, if the body continues to deteriorate come and die then The horse is afraid that the rat will begin to listen ignorantly. Hurry up and die while you still have strength. I have enough consciousness. because the last mind is important When the mouse has to leave, the horse wants me to be addicted to nothing. go like the mind of those who see the Dharma see our nonsense saw that it was something that happened temporarily located Don’t mourn for things you can’t hold on to.

Before, mother and son used to talk about if I had to die, would I have any regrets? Nong’s mother thought that it was necessary to talk because she saw the importance of people before they left. Your mind must be worried before you answer. Firstly, I have a dream of becoming a professional painter. I haven’t done it yet, so I don’t want to die. The horse replied. This story will live or die. If you like to draw, you can draw anywhere. It’s important that you go well. Go with a good mind, don’t worry. Finished the issue of drawing patterns. Understand well.

The second story: I don’t want to die, I want to be with my father-in-law. I’m happy to be by your side. And if I don’t live and die, will the horse be very sad? I don’t want the horse to be sad. And I want to repay the merit of the horse who is tired of taking care of me all this time. When a horse is old, I want to be a horse caretaker. The horse replied, I don’t have to worry if I go well. go with a mind that is letting go If I could come and find a horse at any time I don’t have to worry The horse knows the rat well. The horse will be strong, the horse will keep the nostalgia of the mouse as a motivation for the horse to be diligent and conscious. to develop one’s own mind to have more righteous eyes and give this sanctuary to the rat and the horse will do it every day The horses will behave well enough that one day we will meet. old horse guard I don’t have to worry. A good horse can take care of herself. Horses have relatives. The horse has savings The horse survives I’m at ease, baby. The horse only hopes that the mouse can go well and be happy.

And is there anything else that makes me not want to die? If it’s time to die? I don’t have any answers. Remember Kham Ma. You can take care of yourself. Don’t worry about the horse. And today the horse can really do it. don’t lie to me because I’m fine I don’t have to be tired You don’t have to get hurt and the horse should be happy. because of the happiness of the mouse Is the happiness of the horse. I love the ice mouse as usual, even though the horse doesn’t see the mouse. But the horse felt that the mouse was still beside the horse. The horse usually feeds the mouse rice. Cook food for the mouse every day. To take care of the mouse, the horse still takes care of the mouse today. Just switch from cooking with rice. Come to meditate for me instead. And the horse will take care of the mouse like this every day until the horse dies. to hope that the virtues of cultivating mindfulness In order to see the 4 Noble Truths, it will affect my soul every day.

The next task was Slowly pull Father Nong Ice not to be sad need to adjust thinking Ready to tell the children to go well, we should be happy. We have the opportunity to do our parents’ duties fully at the last moment of the child. We are sad because we miss our children. This is because of our desires. That is, we want the child to stay. That’s our problem. Not a child’s problem because the child is at peace If you look at me, we keep mourning, then won’t our mourning spirit reach you, so hurry up? that sorrow is something that is ready to hit us hard at first We should not allow ourselves to be immersed in sorrow. There are only penalties, no benefit. Be sad for 3 years and you can’t return the dead. But we should hurry to develop consciousness and see that sadness is temporary, can be born and die. Turn sadness into our mental development and give merit to the child. They are called parents who only try to do good things for their children.