We practice faith to live happily and also to die happily. One who has faith in the Mystic Law will not die an unhappy death.

For Today and Tomorrow

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, September 16, 2013:

 

A nurse who cared for many terminal patients has observed, "Ultimately, people only die as they have lived." To die happily is therefore extremely difficult. And since death is the final settlement of accounts for one's life, it is when our true self comes to the fore. We practice faith to live happily and also to die happily. One who has faith in the Mystic Law will not die an unhappy death.