death
Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.
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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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Venerable 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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Putting the Dharma into practice
The importance of integrating the Dharma into everyday life, in whatever situations we encounter.
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Avoiding rebirth in the lower realms
Reflecting on the possibility of a lower rebirth motivates us to make wise decisions and…
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Nine-point meditation on death
Contemplating death helps us make our life more meaningful, motivates us to practice the Dharma…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Death: The only thing we have to do
Why it's helpful to think about the certainty of our death. A guided meditation that…
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Practicing the five forces in life and at death
The five forces from the seven-point mind training instruction and how to practice them.
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The benefits of remembering death
Remembering death shifts our mind away from the happiness of this life and helps us…
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Antidotes to the eight worldly concerns and the ten ...
Real Dharma practice is overcoming the eight worldly concerns so we need to reflect on…
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The drawbacks to not remembering death
When we don't reflect on death we don't practice the Dharma and if we do,…
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