living think they will never die

So that is illusion. This question was raised by Dharmaraja to Yudhisthira: "What is the most wonderful thing in this world?" He replied, "This is the most wonderful thing." What is that? Ahany ahani lokani gacchanti yama-mandiram [Mahabharata, Vana-parva ]: in every moment so many men are going to yama-mandriyam-means to the hands of the cruel death-sesah sthitam icchanti: but those who are not dying immediately, they are thinking, "I am safe. We are safe." Everyone is thinking, "I will not die." My father died; that's all right. My brother; that's all right. But he is thinking, "I will not die." This is called illusion. (More...)