death

Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Death time and relationships

Considering the people in our lives, the karma we create in relationship with them, and…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Death time and possessions

Considering how our possessions will not be of help at the time of death, that…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

The time of death is indefinite

A continuation of the nine-point death meditation, considering how our time of death is indefinite,…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Death is definite

Beginning to discuss the nine-point death meditation. How thinking about death is important and how…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Meditating on death and impermanence

The importance of the meditation on death and impermanence, how it helps us to re-prioritize…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Review: Death and impermanence

Review session on the second of the four preliminary practices, the impermanence of all things…

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Two women offer hand-made spring rolls.
The Six Perfections

Disadvantages of miserliness

The disadvantages of miserliness and how to work through miserliness to develop generosity.

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Seven-point Mind Training

Developing bodhicitta

Equalizing and exchanging self and others and an explanation of the first six points of…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 32-5: Who is sick?

Working with illness and pain by considering who is the "I" who is experiencing the…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Cultivating conventional bodhicitta

Introduction to the section of the text that explains how to cultivate the conventional awakening…

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Fear, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

Resources for fearful scenarios

We do have to think of the future in a reasonable way. Thought training helps…

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