Just recently, my grandfather had a few dreams that a monk told
him he has reached the end of his life and soon will be reborn in
western pureland. Then just few days ago, he really passed away
with many auspicious signs as described in the sutras.
When he still hospitalize he told us that he doesn't feel any pain
at all, but just not able to eat anything. Then at the moment that
he is about to pass away, he said he see thousands of people coming
to welcome him and feels very happy to see them.
When the people there is carrying his body to leave the hospital,
one of them who happen to touch his head can feel his head very
hot.
During one of the chanting sessions, one of my relatives who can
see "things" even saw some kind of light in human form come out
from the coffin and merge with amitabha.
Another good thing is we found some relics from his ashes after the
cremation.
Come to think of it, death is not really a scary or miserable thing
as long as one practice and follow buddha's teaching. Take my
grandfather for example, he didn't feel pain, throughout the
process, he still conscious and enjoy it.
Through this experience, I won't say my faith on buddha amitabha
has further strengthened because I fully believe in it all
along.
Anyone else has similar encounter, kindly share.