Prayer request

I just found out that a good friend of mine who happened to be an alcoholic and drug addict was found dead under a nearby bridge. He had relapsed. When he was sober, he was a good person, a friendly and earnest individual. When he was under the influence he was spiritually sick. Please pray that he finds a good rebirth. (In Tibetan Buddhism, we believe that after death a person becomes an intermediate being for up to 49 days, after which they find rebirth. The rebirth is determined by awareness and karma. The more aware you are, the more control you have, but you can only operate within the bounds of karma. Thus people who have killed can be reborn as hell beings, although through spiritual practice such negative karma can be purified.) In any event, his name is Volly. I never knew his last name.