is buddhism just another romantic escape?

[Wai]

My understanding about near-death-experiences (NDEs) is that people tend to report that they were met or received by "entities" that they can relate to or someone they know previously.

Many Americans and Europeans who went through NDEs tend to report that Jesus was there to welcome them. I believe the reason is that most Americans and Europeans are Christians or Catholics.

Over here in the Far East, I have come across people who went through NDEs reporting that Kwan Yin, Lord Buddha or Krishna met them.

My grand-father, minutes before his last breath, told us grand-children who were at his bedside "Stop crying. Look! Grandma is already here and she is taking me home!".

My grand-mother died one year before my grand-father.