An interview covering the Buddhist perspective on death, helping others create good karma before death and die peacefully, ceremonies, and dealing with grief.
A Buddhist approach to helping the dying
Advice about how we can work with our mind in preparation for our own death, and what prayers and practices we can do to help a friend through the dying process, at the time of death, and after their passing.
Helping the Dying and the Deceased RSS feed for this section
Advice about how we can work with our mind in preparation for our own death, and what prayers and practices we can do to help a friend through the dying process, at the time of death, and after their passing.
Chanting practices for the dying
Prayers and practices for the dying and the deceased.
Practices for the deceased
Practices we can do to benefit those who have recently passed into the bardo so as to help them to take a good rebirth.
Helping a dying friend
How we can work with our mind, and what prayers and practices we can do to help a friend through the dying process.
Clear wishes for our final moments
Engaging in mind training throughout our lives in order to die without terror and regret.
Daily practices for time of death
Working with the mind at the time of death and how to use an awareness of death in daily life to counteract afflictions.
Dying without fear and regret
Preparing our family for our death, living wills and notifying them of spiritual commitments and prayers to do for us.
Notes on preparing for a loved one’s death
What we can do to support loved ones through the dying process, at the time of death, and after their passing.
Vorbereitung auf den Tod eines geliebten Menschen
Was können wir tun, um geliebte Menschen im Sterbeprozess, beim Sterben und nach ihrem letzten Atemzug zu unterstützen.
Death under the bodhi tree
The unexpected death of a monastic at a holy site stirs thoughts of how self-deprecation and unrealistic expectations can undermine true progress.