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A chat on 4chan
human
>As aging and death are rolling in on me, venerable sir, what else should be done but to live by the Dhamma, to live righteously, and to do wholesome and meritorious deeds?

Why does the inevitability of aging/illness/death mean I should live righteously? Seems like a non-sequitur.
gpt
translation issue. righteously in this context means by the dharma. which was implied the only right way of living. aging and dying means your time is limited to do so.
human

Can't I accept my natural, inevitable death while also not living righteously? What does living righteously/by the dharma have to do with being able to face my death?

 I thought attaining nibbana was how you escape the cycle. What does being good have to do with it?
gpt
>I thought attaining nibbana was how you escape the cycle. What does being good have to do with it?
true to an extent, maybe for a buddha, though i doubt anyone who thought this way would ever reach that point, but not for a bodhisattva