Making aspirations to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure land, to receive teachings there, and understand them in order to develop the abilities to benefit others.
Prayer to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure land: verses 5-8
Tag Archives | death
Comfort for the grieving
Venerable Chonyi examines some of the ways a friend can be of help when a family is facing loss.
Thinking about death
A student considers the teachings on how to confront mortality.
Connecting with Amitabha Buddha
The Amitabha Buddha practice and what a pure land is. The benefits and the causes of being reborn in a pure land. The two levels of understanding a pure land.
The path to awakening: An overview
An overview of the path to awakening highlighting important points. How the lamrim system provides a framework for all the topics in the Dharma teachings.
Mind and rebirth
Using reasoning to establish confidence in the continuity of the mind and rebirth. How to live and practice to attain a good rebirth and meet the Dharma.
Motivation to practice
How mindfulness of death and impermanence provides motivation to practice the Dharma, and why we need reasoning and logic as part of our spiritual practice.
Why study debate?
Introduction to the text with an explanation of why we would want to study debate.
A Buddhist approach to helping the dying
An interview covering the Buddhist perspective on death, helping others create good karma before death and die peacefully, ceremonies, and dealing with grief.
Loss of a loved one to suicide
Response to a student’s request for re-visiting a previous conference talk she gave on healing after the suicide of a loved one.
