death
Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 32: The master executioner
Death is definite. It is important to practice virtue and avoid nonvirtue while we still…
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Verse 31: The invisible disease
Our refusal to acknowledge and accept the process of aging and sickness is a cause…
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Looking at rebirth
How the continuity of the mind has taken rebirths in the past and will take…
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Life support or not?
Responds to a question about going on life support, which prolongs life by artificial means.
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Dealing with grief and loss
Fresh perspectives on how to work with changes that we do not welcome.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Review of Chapter 1
A review of Chapter 1 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" focuses on…
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Giving up clinging to this life
Thinking about the reality of impermanence and death helps us let go of our strong…
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Practices for the deceased
Practices we can do to benefit those who have recently passed into the bardo so…
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Helping a dying friend
How we can work with our mind, and what prayers and practices we can do…
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One year after the Aurora shooting
Reflecting with compassion on the one-year anniversary of the Batman movie shooting in Colorado.
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The social impact of gun violence
Keeping a calm and compassionate mind in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal.
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