Writing About Life and Death

Katha Upanishad is about overcoming death by understanding it. Death is here to teach us lessons and to let us know that we cannot take our lives for granted. Our purpose is to understand our existence and see how we use the opportunities for our freedom. We also learned that you cannot fight against death. You can only make peace with it, knowledge and purity. The abstract themes of religion and death about the Katha Upanishad is that you get limited opportunities in life and you have to make use of them. Yama was offered three boons, and he made good use of them. His father wronged him to live in peace with a tranquil mind. Death has lessons to teach and for a pure and resolute soul. Lord Yama taught many lessons to Nachiketa. Naciketas achieved for the mortal beings supreme knowledge by which one could attain liberation. We all can learn good lessons from death, by having a conversation with it, by observing it, by understanding it, by thinking about its significance, the transience of life, and the need for developing detachment, philosophical outlook and an attitude of renunciation. Death does not end our duties. Until we achieve liberation, our duties and obligations continue even after. In life, we often get distracted by problems as well as fresh opportunities that are seemingly good but may actually interfere with our goals and hamper our progress. We must therefore remain steadfast in our aims, once we choose them and make up our minds, even in the midst of problems and distractions. death in the other worlds. Nachiketa was in his teens, and he was observing the sacrificial ritual with innocent interest. He was surprised to notice that his father was giving away only old and disabled cows. Those cows , who had given their milk for along time and who were not capable of bearing calves. Yama was pleased with such a young truth-seeker who had rejected the path of enjoyment and chose the path of goodness.