death
Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.
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Kenneth Mondal - Jul 23, 2016
Kenneth Mondal A wake-up call
A newly-diagnosed health problem brings a practitioner face to face with the reality of impermanence.
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Venerable Thubten Samten Gomchen Lamrim review: Birth, aging, sickness, and d...
How to reflect on the dukkha of birth, aging, sickness and death to generate the…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron How to age happily
We will take the mental habits we cultivate now into our old age, so it…
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General characteristics of karma
The four characteristics of karma, with examples from personal stories.
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Julie Relsted
- May 9, 2016
We need to remember that we are going to die
Do the practice and the results will come when they are ready. Julie Relsted of…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Gomchen Lamrim review: The importance of remembering...
A review of the drawbacks of not remembering death and the benefits of remembering death.…
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Tanya Lasuk
- Mar 11, 2016
Reflections on rebirth
Grappling with the concept of rebirth in our Western culture.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Practicing when having surgery
A monastic at Sravasti Abbey relies on her Dharma practice when facing surgery.
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Gomchen Lamrim review: Two meditations on death
Using the nine-point death meditation and imagining our own death to help us lead a…
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Venerable Thubten Tsultrim Gomchen Lamrim review: Remembering death brings life...
A review of the points in the text on the benefits of remembering death and…
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Putting the Dharma into practice
The importance of integrating the Dharma into everyday life, in whatever situations we encounter.
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