Death according to various schools of buddism How is death perceived in various schools of Buddhism? Are they all same ? What is death according to Buddhist monk and lay Buddhist? Are there references / materials by monks on death bed about death?
In the ancient Pali scriptures, the word 'death' has two meanings: (i) conventional; &amp; (ii) ultimate. In the language of ultimate truth, 'death' refers to the psychological idea that "I" or a "person" or a "being" ("satta") dies (SN 12.2). 

The Buddha taught a 'self', 'person' or 'being' ('satta') is only a mental state of craving &amp; attachment (SN 23.2); that in reality, there is no 'being' ('satta') to be found (SN 5.10). 

'Death' only happens when there is unenlightened 'self-view'. This is why the Buddha called enlightened selfless nirvana: 'The Deathless'. 


  He has been stilled where the currents of construing do not flow.
  And when the currents of construing do not flow, he is said to be a
  sage at peace.' Thus was it said. With reference to what was it said?
  'I am' is a construing. 'I am this' is a construing. 'I shall be' is a
  construing. 'I shall not be'is a construing. Construing is a disease, construing
  is a cancer, construing is an arrow. By going beyond all construing,
  he is said to be a sage at peace.
  
  A sage at peace is not born, does not age, does not die,
  is unagitated, and is free from longing. He has nothing whereby he
  would be born. Not being born, will he age? Not aging, will he die?
  Not dying, will he be agitated? Not being agitated, for what will he
  long? It was in reference to this that it was said, 'He has been
  stilled where the currents of construing do not flow. And when the
  currents of construing do not flow, he is said to be a sage at peace.'
  
  Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta


In enlightenment, all that occurs at what is conventionally regarded as 'death' is the five aggregates come to an end, that is all. 


  Form is impermanent... Feeling... Perception... Fabrications...
  Consciousness is impermanent. That which is impermanent is
  unsatisfactory. That which is unsatisfactory has ceased and gone to
  its end.
  
  Very good, my friend Yamaka, very good.
  
  Yamaka Sutta