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Death
The doorway every tradition stands at without averting its eyes — Ecclesiastes' dust to dust, Paul's sting that has been swallowed, the Buddha's first noble truth.
Judaism
"All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again."
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me..."
Christianity
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"
"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:"
Islam
"Every soul will taste death. And you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection..."
Buddhism
"'All created things perish,' he who knows and sees this becomes passive in pain; this is the way to purity."