death
Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.
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Chapter 1: Verses 11-24
How practicing the Dharma will be of the greatest benefit at the time of death,…
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Review of Chapter 1: Remembering death
Meditations on death. How remembering death give us an incentive to practice.
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Chapter 1: Verses 1-10
The benefits of reflecting on death, how to contemplate death with wisdom, and refuting misconceptions…
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The silver lining
Finding hope in positive developments that have emerged in America since the Boston Marathon tragedy.
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The golden rule
In the wake of the Boston Marathon tragedy, interfaith perspectives on turning away from hate…
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Compassion and kindness in the face of terrorism
A three-part series of talks on cultivating compassion, kindness and forgiveness for perpetrators in the…
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Chapter 1: Abandoning belief in permanence
An introduction to the text "400 Stanzas on the Middle Way" by Aryadeva, the study…
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Meditation on bones
Meditating on bones to deepen our understanding of impermanence and our renunciation of cyclic existence.
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Safety or guns?
Reflections from a Dharma perspective and a call for civic engagement in response to the…
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Hope after the Sandy Hook school shooting
Working with difficult emotions and cultivating compassion in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook…
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Resistance
Overcoming old habits is not easy. Being honest with oneself helps us to gain a…
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Death and impermanence
The importance and benefits of contemplating death, complemented by explanation of the nine-point death meditation.
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