I was with Soryu in San Fransisco at a public meditation event, and a participant asked him, “Many people are now claiming that medicine will be able to reverse aging, so that we will never die. If there were a pill that could achieve this, would you take it?”
He said, “Life is a good length for fulfilling your vow. If you wish to extend your life, that’s because you haven’t made good use of it. You haven’t fulfilled your purpose, so you want more chances. People who want to live longer are thereby proven to be fools. They want more life because they have wasted it up until now. But why should those who have wasted their life get more of it?
“Use this moment wisely. If you don’t know how to do that, then you get a full do-over when you die. Be grateful that soon enough you’ll be forced to stop going down this worthless road.
“And if you do know how to do that, then nothing can stop you, not even death.”