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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

The eight stages of the death process

Explaining the eight stages of the death process, speaking on how to help people who…

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

How to prepare for death

Teaching on how to prepare ourselves for death, on the five powers, and answering questions…

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

The uncertainty of the time of death

Leading a guided meditation on the second three points in the 9-point death meditation on…

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Meditation on the inevitability of death

A guided meditation on the first three points in the nine-point meditation on death focusing…

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

The inevitability of death

Covering the first three points in the nine-point meditation on death focusing on the inevitability…

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Parting from the Four Clingings

The eight worldly concerns

Teaching on how attachment to this life keeps us bound in samsara, exploring the eight…

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

What Buddhism says about death

Reviewing Buddhist views on death and speaking on the importance of accepting our death so…

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Parting from the Four Clingings

Attachment to this life

Speaking on dependent arising and starting teachings on the first attachment that keeps us bound…

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