death
Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.
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The four maras
Continuing the review of Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potentials", describing the four maras
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Aging or death
Completing Chapter 7, describing the twelfth-link, aging or death and starting Chapter 8 "Dependent Origination:…
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Questions and answers on meditation
Teaching from Chapter 7, responding to questions on meditating on the dying process and how…
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Renewed existence
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, describing renewed existence in Sanskrit tradition and in Pali tradition.
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Clinging and renewed existence
Teaching from Chapter 7, describing clinging in Sanskrit tradition and Pali tradition and explaining the…
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Preparing for death
Various spiritual practices to help us prepare for our own and others' death.
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Dealing with grief
The mindfulness of death practice and how to deal with grief over losing loved ones.
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Rebirth and the uncertainty of the time of death
Evidence supporting rebirth, and instruction on the second root of the nine-point death meditation—that the…
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Facing fear of death
How to face the fear of death and practical methods to decrease fear and anxiety.
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Types of duhkha
Continuing Chapter 2, covering the sections “Three Types of Duhkha”, “Feelings, Afflictions and Duhkha”, and…
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Four attributes of true duhkha
How the fisrt and second attributes of true duhkha counter the distorted conceptions.
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