Approaching Death with Grace - Sadhguru

During a memorial event in California, a seeker asks Sadhguru the best way to handle grief over the loss of a loved one. Sadhguru discusses how to approach the certainty of mortality, and explains that if one learns to conduct the present moment gracefully, then the moment of death with also happen gracefully.
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[@stevenzin5834]

My mother passed away peacefully yesterday night. Thank you for your wisdom and graceful teaching, Sadhguru.

[@bankimchandrabarman7119]

😢😢😢😢😢😢Death is peaceful.

[@johnblasiak9331]

The last thing my Father said just before he passed away was It’s beautiful !

[@sylviegaspard6727]

Have lost my husband and my only son ,listening to this speech give me a lot of courage to face life alone .Thank you for that wonderful speech .

[@HungryRajajee]

More power to you ma'am! God bless you... 🙏

[@vyomanupur2311]

May your life be happy, healthy and full of purpose.

[@AnupKumar-us1vy]

Live your life to the fullest..

[@sylviegaspard6727]

@@HungryRajajee thank you for your support 🙏

[@sylviegaspard6727]

@@vyomanupur2311 Thank you

[@Hunzavlogs.]

My farher, with a most sensitive heart and soul ,never fell ill through out his whole life, refused eating anything when his body became weak,refused medical interventions by saying that "its time to go to my Home 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏and left his body with grace

[@Hunzavlogs.]

@Karen Carpenter I do not have words to express,may The Almighty bless you with eternal peace...

[@johnkk7863]

Those praying hands emojis are actually high 5s. It's so funny because all around the world people think they are praying for someone at their hour of death when they are actually celebrating it! With understanding perhaps it is the correct emotion after all.

[@Hunzavlogs.]

@@johnkk7863 for all of us,its praying position

[@sangamureddikishorenaidu3885]

wow......your father is so lucky then

[@rudrasara2605]

Karen Carpenter you both are blessed souls, cause your words are so very difficult to listen it’s heart wrenching, but the way you are saying it with so much of peace, I think you both are on much higher level of spiritual life.

[@deepikakothari9968]

The only person (sadhus) who has impressed me is Sadhguru . I salute to his intellect .

[@prachi3919]

This reminds me of some old persons specially in villages ..when they are sick and asked by their relatives to get admitted in the hospital they just say ..I m dying and I dont want to die in a hospital ..let me live my last time in my own house with my own family and justceant to pray to god..traditionally indian culture has this acceptability atleast in old age..but now everyone wants to stay young and immortal..

[@niharjoshi8135]

😥

[@annettetheisen6132]

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[@judywong6067]

@@niharjoshi8135 7

[@kevinadamson7571]

When the body has passed the point of no return through illness then I think it is cruel to extend the misery by drugs or machines . I watched my mother take her last breath after her last four days on life support, she was two weeks from her 70th birthday and I could see her spirit was slipping away and wanted to leave her body . After turning her machines off it took 16 hours for her organs to close down with her heart being the last . Its sad watching this but at the same time beautiful and at the end a tear ran down her cheek and a smile came on her face , as if to say I've had enough of this life I'm going home .

[@balijepallisankar]

Stories in englsh

[@jamesradskijr.9745]

Death is inevitable and cannot be escaped, all we can do is comfort the dying, even with the machines a person still exists but is suffering so it's best to unplug. Hope all is well 🙏

[@markjohns7806]

Thank you

[@anandbakshi4391]

@@jamesradskijr.9745 All is not well... Why is still unanswered..

[@vikmeon]

My father passed away last Sunday aged 75 years, I cannot overcome the loss, after listening to sadhguru I feel a bit of calm and glad that my father passed away peacefully at home in presence of my my mother, myself and my children. He will always be with us in spirit and be an inspiration to the whole family of his 4 brothers and sister. Truly a great man.

[@colleenrafuse2974]

I recently lost my husband to cancer. He was an inspiration to me during the process of his death. He had such grace and acceptance. Your words so resonated with me as I recalled his last year with us. Thank you for reinforcing how important it is to accept death.

Sadhguru is very sharp. A genius who offers the correct advice

[@lasya7536]

death is an invitable truth!!! but we see it as an accident!! this man making me strong by sitting for away from me!! really i am lucky for this.

[@simplybuyer1]

Why though. Why do we need to die

[@orkunsanal]

@@simplybuyer1 why not? Its also a question of why we are here and why we born..everything is an existential struggle which is fascinating and frustrating at the same time..

[@simplybuyer1]

@@orkunsanal what do you mean? i believe we are born through love, accident in some cases and mistake

[@omgomg8026]

Life is more and more beautiful when we are listening to enlightened beings, thank you Sadhguru

[@AMITKumar-fn3qo]

True man

[@gotetnies]

Just lost my Grandmother who was a remarkable woman. She lived 101 years young. I was very blessed to have her around to enter act with my kids and to watch them grow. This video raises some good points about the certainty of death. Our lives are a blessing.

[@mysteriousbillionaire7349]

How my mother left like a child sleeping, brought a sense of relief how gracefully she went. Of course miss her immensely now

[@ravenkeefer3143]

Mahe Ohna, my late wife passed over. The heart attack was sudden and unexpected. She laid on the floor and I did CPR. Her fear passed, what was her sought out my eyes and looked into me. I told her it was okay, to go without fear or worry, and to be away from here, kissed her and she was gone from the body in only a moment. I can not explain this further, but hope those who read this take it as it is meant. It was her time, I could not hold her out of selfishness, nor could I let her leave overcome with fear or clinging to worry for me. Mahe Ohna

[@toddhawkes8344]

This is in my most recent feel to date that the importance of what you just expressed as I perceived your words a most commonly expressed greatly of helpful importance I can't try to express enough herd and shared as often as possible for its largely needed importance of affect that pondering covers so many areas people can enjoy it gives to so many shared various thoughts people think of in a commonly helpful to so many reaching out to have the comfort we so often and do/always will always have and plead to in respectful interaction or desperate pain the can't and shouldn't be held back and any other angle yes. Wow I'm not Shaw how much sense to be helpful that will be but I'll keep working on wordings. Hey you! I love you Namaskaram

[@nikitamidha202]

777

[@stockbirdbhaduri2184]

"Miss placed compassion " how beautifully the words are put ....

[@gopinathrajee]

Did anyone pay attention to "Inhalation is the first Breath that you take and Exhalation is the last Breath you take". So profound!!

[@johnkk7863]

I did but you can just as easily inhale your last breath when you think about it.

[@salwa4ever818]

I have been listening to you for the past three years and boy my life and appreciation to being a live and aware has been so vast. I am so thankful for being introduced to your teaching and wisdom but a good friend of mine from India. Wishing you all the best in all your life times

[@TheUtsavGupta]

This is undoubtedly the best speech of Sadhguru

[@earlmorton6265]

This is just one of many. I just found the existence of this man a few days ago. I will try and experience all that I can.

[@HungryRajajee]

I respect these words.... My father passed away recently... And I came to know one thing... If time comes u hv to depart....! No notice period to others but oneself....

[@chaz-e]

connected "Living" with "Dying every moment" so well...a new perspective of Life

[@johnrickson6528]

Wow!! I always took the word guru so casually. Now I am coming to know better and have a complete different view. Everything thing he nails down so well and is life changing. Just like every song of a certain singer is a super hit.

[@NidhinVinod-tt3tb]

ISHA i have a request.please translate all Sadhgurus videos to every languages in this whole World🌎.Because there are billions who dont know english who want to be awaken.I wish if people could fund Isha for doing this.I will definitely do

[@bilbil7331]

and please use closed captioning for people who cannot hear.

[@ankushraut6816]

Nice thought.....one day this will happen and i see u r the first person to advice such a great thing....thnk u luv u frm heart

[@paulbrierley449]

Acording to old text , there is already a reason for that no being so. And now I understand why. Want. Want. Want. No effort of self to expand ACTUAL knowledge. rather than expect the work to be done for you.

[@ashimasaxena6289]

Nidhin Vinod I agree...

[@TheKrodhguru]

Its been done. I have worked in isha as employee and as volunteer. They have a media team who took phenomenal efforts, from kannada, hindi, tamil all regional languages in india has been done. Russian was recent inclusion. Waiting for more.

[@neelammewasing9192]

spending the last moments with my mom dying..... They were sweet cherishing n painful too

[@karthikaas1728]

Our home is somewhere else and we all came here as guests!

[@satpurush2592]

You go there everyday... dont you ?...when you fall asleep of course !...death is a long sleep and sleep is a small death..!

[@kendanzan8088]

I think this is one of the most important things I’ve heard in my life. When he told the story about the cobra that withdraws when it knows it’s time has come and perches itself up on a tree to die, it made me cry. gotta be one of the most beautiful and graceful things I’ve ever heard. Thank you sadhguru for your beautiful insights and lessons❤

[@gamingscapepro]

Everytime I watch these type of videos especially yours Sir, I get too emotional and I feel like crying literally. I don't know why 😔

[@HONKLER-jb4ot]

You were a yogi in your previous birth . May be its a joke .

[@mikedeboer9033]

Me too, happy tears of deeper understandings.

[@homidaver1445]

Me too tears just flow get v emotional hearing u speak on such topics thank u sincerely must b innmy gd karma to b yr friend ameen❣️🦋

[@bennyjet5013]

me too tear in my eye

[@sujathasilmatha5847]

Live gracefully and leave gracefully. Very true !!!

[@debabratadebroy2469]

How sadguru said so easily you are all from Los Angeles so you must approach death gracefully. When sadguru said hello to the audience than all are silent because nobody want to die. This is truth mortality is the fundamental reality of every individual on earth. Every exhalation we are dieing and every inhalation we are born that is excellent and awesome said by sadguru. Gd ngt sir

[@Gyurmey]

I listened it carefully and makes lot of sense

[@vkrishnaprabhath7154]

Jumay Anchu maadar

[@tomcox6765]

I liked that presentation. My mother used to tell me that people die in the same manner that they live. Sadhguru confirmed that in a way. I also agree with the belief that our life force transcends our physical body. This transcendence, I think, occurs on different levels.

[@dtgps]

The Bible stated: "As you sow , so shall you reap" Its how many of us understood , karma. After reading Sadhguru's latest: "Karma, A Yogi's guide to crafting your destiny", I understand we can create our lives standing on top of our karma(what we have sowed) and use it to create our destiny as we want it to be; not compulsively as our past would tend to move us to act. Most reap what they have sown, not taking charge of their lives... C'est dommage.

[@Dimithri71]

Brilliant teaching. Never thought of it and how I never thought of it but then again that's why we listen to Sadhguru. Thank you for sharing. Like you mentioned Sadhguru

[@rashmikandpal1291]

I have got your channel at the most appropriate phase of my life...thank you for everything. ...

[@sandeep715]

same here

[@arodot5463]

same

[@sampath006]

Same here. :)

[@annettemyers7684]

+drom drom welldone

[@rani_jenny]

Exactly the same for me!

[@gp.nomics]

My mother shaped lives of 8000 children, gave us the most loving experience on earth and left this month. I feel empty without her but know I have her grace bestowed on me from a better place 🤗

[@albertcalor]

Thank you for your excellent explanation Sir Its beyond non spiritual person to understand that death is a choice that we all have to make when the time comes

[@travisgrant5608]

Wonderful! It's sad, in a way, that western religion and western medicine doesn't adhere to these profound concepts. How much easier it would be for transition to occur if only we did learn and understand these concepts.

[@zanjeerz937]

Have listened to many . The command on the concepts and the beauty with which he explains creates a profound impact . It’s so much easy after listening.

[@rakeshsahoo1821]

Heavily changed my thoughts... Dont know why my heart says to meet you for a moment Gurujee.. I am a nonbeliever. Living far away from India , Indian by birth.. But dont know why something attracts me to face the reality of nature...

[@ashakumar9246]

When we loose love ones ,it's is not acceptable to live without them but we trying to live . some times it's regret don't know it is ok or not

[@horacecomegna335]

This guy is 100% brilliant and has explained death to me in the basic of terms that I can understand, but more importantly, make others understand! God Bless you sir!

[@advocatashishpandey3391]

80 year is your Age with due respect to you Sadguru ji and with regards I would like to say as per your palm, your age is around 80 years (may add 2 or three years plus or minus ) . You are showring light to worlds and helping humanity. So you have around 16 years to help entire world to uplift their life. I pray your success as its success will be million people.

[@anjalimittal4197]

My husband tried his best to save his 92 year old mother from dying of gallbladder infection. She suffered for 21 days after he spent a fortune on her hospital bills. My husband underwent depression after that. He too had to undergo a heart bypass surgery 3 months after her demise. He still gets bouts of depression. His sister and he blame me for it. I’m unable to help/deal with this all. I try my best to be happy despite this, I paint, I walk, I sing, I cook, I potter around my plants.

[@rohanrajah8839]

Empathy for your pain.

[@anjalimittal4197]

I’m happy to say that now my husband has got over his mother’s loss after these few years. But on my part I will remember that when my time comes, I let go of it gracefully, with a smile on my lips ....

[@Harsha23000]

Lost a friend some days back, listening to this is making me put up together again.

[@kesavamurthysr8617]

I feel fortunate to listen to Sadguru and felt that I am being lead in the right direction of my life's journey with minimum efforts.

[@citisamsjw5513]

The gita was written over 5000years ago 🇮🇳talks about all these things. Please read and study it😍hare Krishna, peace.

[@josesantana27]

Sam sji were can I buy the sacred book containing a gita? What is the best version?

[@seshaalekhya2758]

@@josesantana27 Hi Jose, I’m reading Gita from the book named: “Bhagavad-gita as it is by AC Bhakthivedanta Swami Prabhupada” and it is making be glorious. Hope it helps you. Hare Krishna 🙏😊

[@kushagrasonkar]

Ryan's memorial brought the world a lot of wisdom from the mystic. RIP Ryan .

[@suhasrp2790]

Kushagra Sonkar who's Ryan ?

[@maduandcream]

Mortality is fundamental reality of our existence. Wow sadhguru, that is truly an awakening.

[@viadharmawheel]

Reality stares us in the face but we refuse to acknowledge it.

[@siriussothus1282]

YOU ARE THE BLESSING ANGEL, MASTER SADHGURU. I LOVE YOU!!!! THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME CLOSER TO THE TRUTH.

[@komalkaur1551]

Yes with every breath we are inching closer to death like a lamp which is running out of oil.

[@geetakumar8231]

Thanks Sadhguru for making us aware -How to leave gracefully . We had been learning all these years as to how to live gracefully . Departure , too could be graceful , is an eye opener . We all are eternal souls on a beautiful journey .

[@gowrishankersivasubramania754]

No words to say Sadguru...feel so proud to be born when you are around...simply amazing 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ranjitsinghbarwalia1449]

You are dying while living and living while dying a aprocess happening on same time.

[@somtonnamani5422]

LIFE AND DEATH IS ONE PACKAGE 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@janetpridham2091]

God bless you my friend, a truly remarkable man

[@techind8305]

Feeling tears in eyes after hearing the truth 🙏

[@tahiyamarome]

I am so grateful to hear this. It's the first time I've found any echo of my own perception and experience. "nothing is needed" "there is no such thing as life and death" - I finally hear words put to the perceptions that I could not express.

[@rachelmulcahy5240]

Brilliant lesson, thank you very very much dear loving Teacher.

[@HONKLER-jb4ot]

That's vedic Aryan Bharatvarsa or INDIA now

[@reecebinx4191]

He looks so young. I mean he has no creases in his face. If he shaved I think we would be really surprised with how he would look. 20 years younger

[@amiravdic4104]

I feel he purposely enjoys looking older to come across as wiser

[@theredsamurai7516]

@@amiravdic4104 every person with an intent to attain something has an avatar... they say... dress and address is what matters most of the times.

[@dab0331]

@@amiravdic4104 most yogis tend to have large beards because that's how Life intended you look.

[@lukeg4806]

Amir Avdic ? He is wise

[@iroulis]

Seen his gut though? Looks like he has a fatty liver.

[@shikhar9647]

This video is one of the best ever from Sadhguru 🙏🙏🙏

[@susanwale8887]

Such a beautiful explanation, dear Sadhguru, you are amazing 🙏🏼❤️

[@failloneofficial]

...very sharp man blessings

[@dtgps]

Sadhguru has described the intellect as a knife. The sharper the intellect the more it is able to cut, to divide into two. The intellect is a very useful survival tool, but it is very limited to the physical realm. The spiritual realm, consciousness requires perception not division of the intellect. Consciousness cannot be known by intellect only by perception, Ive understood Sadhguru to say. Sadhguru is not "smart" or well learned. He has perception of life beyond our comprehension.

[@Asher-XxAshley]

Thank you Sathguruji for your most spired talk on Death. I have lost 2 Dear Friends recently and another is saying she is throwing her towel in. your words are so beautiful said Every Birth comes with expiry date. This gives me great encouragement in facing death. Be greatful for every ticking of the clock as it is unavoidable.

[@vidyamadamanchi7091]

🙏🏼🙏🏼. Non Attachment is the key here. Not even to your own life. Viveka and Vairagya are the two components of a yogic life.

[@MultiInko]

thanks for helping me wake up from my previous nightmare

[@mbayen5619]

Beautiful

[@johnbyrne9407]

Such a clear thinking intelegent being.

[@nusratfarooq8732]

Everyone teach us how we should start live beautiful life But no one teach us how we should end up this form peacefully 🙂 Thankyou so much sadguru ji🙏

[@doriscoutinho9339]

I just can't imagine how u can give us such a good explanation on death... Thank you very much.. God bless u... For making us aware on death..

[@tapas1505]

so perfect analysis about life & death ...only Sadhguru can explain such thing which are beyond our perception like this way so easily :) thank u sadhguruji.

[@websurfer1585]

His wisdom is incredible, i wish i could go to him whenever i need guidance.

[@user-ftcjuiyrsyuyti]

Surely these videos shld have millions of views

[@TonyG-iu4td]

Well done, Sadhguru. A very close to the heart video. Thank you

[@theamazinginfo1963]

Truely mystic..!!

[@lindacuff6290]

THE AMAZING INFO we

[@jojodonnelly6043]

Your the man ,Brother. Help these children of life see the truth. I feel like a lot of people listen to you Sadguru. Life blessed this planet with you,peace

[@jashwanthgopinathpi153]

The Sallekhana vratha practiced among Jain community people in India is also a way of embracing death with grace as Sadguru puts it.. Those practicing it will simply desist from eating and drinking when it is time to take the final call..

[@johnkk7863]

Starving to death is actually a relatively easy exit. You just float into another dimension, there is no real pain especially if you accept it.

[@akbarkanji5368]

Yes, Sir you are right, Death is an ultimate reality, we start dying as soon as we are born

[@abhagarg1256]

Today i have really developed a new perspective towards life once again 🙏🏻 Blessed to have sadhguru in our lives!!

[@keithbronson9777]

My friend died because no one knew his blood type. I'll never forget his last inspirational words he whispered to me.... Be positive!

[@TitiniusAndronicus]

“Misplaced compassion” - these are words to meditate on.

[@jayeshnaik7981]

Thank you Sadhguru ji 🙏🙏🙏

[@bns5826]

Spiritually awakening video

[@amiash6011]

bins bins well said!!! omg this left me teary eyed .. just spiritual tears

[@williamatkinson1907]

Thank you.I see good things in my future.

[@Zaphran-qv5jy]

"The day we are born we are dying" I forgot who said this but it has stuck with me since. All of our time will come eventually to face our mortality gracefully.

[@xray150377]

Very fortunate to listen you guru ji you are an angle God bless

[@doyo7185]

I am in awe of his explanation. Sadhguru is great because he uses plain language to convey the profound truth. Thanks.

[@abhishekdave1182]

sadhguru is Everything💖💐🌌

[@romyjugroo4542]

Live and leave gracefully,exactly my thought.

[@christiansanchez1973]

i lost the closest person to me, this helped. it really did. watching them crumble slowly. but their life chose when they wanted to. it wasn’t us. she chose.

[@sandeep715]

Gandalf of our times

[@lielrad]

💗💗💗

[@prishashetty4516]

His explanation has changed my prospective about death

[@bheenachoytooa1604]

Waaaaaah Sadhguru, what a speech! What a monumental speech!

[@annievazanni8180]

Such a graceful speech & you are very amazing

[@Ghatikara]

Excellent and Brilliant

[@ananthamusicschool2054]

Thank you so much Sadguru. You made me understand what actually is death and what should my attitude be towards it.

[@Nadd108]

Beautiful explaination thank you

[@vinodv6847]

WoW amazing prospective about Death 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 please translate it almost all languages.

[@rajrajendra678]

Thanks Sadhguru for beautifully making us understand what death means. Those who have lost some one dear to them must feel so relieved now after listening to your speech.🙏🙏

[@spiritualnest]

Woo what a wisdom in this great man ❤️ Let's wisdom go viral💚 Jai sadguru g

[@maryanncarrlton6878]

Indeed gracefully it is ! Absolute beauty!

[@dearkrish1]

Meditation helps art of living as well as art of dieing!

[@Craftesha]

Sadguru generally explain things from the questions, most of the time he explain in deep by nailing down the facts what the questionnaire don't even know what he/she should ask.

[@Tanja-lf5ge]

Amazing!!!