death
Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.
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The person and the aggregates
If the person cannot be found in the aggregates, does it exist separate from the…
View PostGuided nine-point death meditation
Meditating on death brings meaning and purpose to our life and helps to avoid wasting…
View PostGuided meditation: imagining our death
Imagining our death prepares our mind for death and helps us make our life meaningful…
View PostGuided meditation on death and impermanence
Seeing that death is definite and lifespan uncertain reflecting on the eight worldly concerns can…
View PostAdvice for Dharma practice
A question and answer session covering topics such as social conformity, guilt and regret, dealing…
View PostCounteracting laziness
The different types of laziness and how to counteract them, and the importance of remembering…
View PostChapter 5: Verses 101-102
A reflection on the determination to be free of suffering: what role mindfulness of death…
View PostNine-point death meditation
Meditating on death to make life more meaningful and the two meditations to use: the…
View PostThe importance of remembering death
The purpose of remembering death is to help make life meaningful and motivate practice not…
View PostVerse 32: The master executioner
Death is definite. It is important to practice virtue and avoid non-virtue while we still…
View PostVerse 31: The invisible disease
Our refusal to acknowledge and accept the process of aging and sickness is a cause…
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