death
Teachings on death from a Buddhist perspective, including preparing for death, dying peacefully, and helping the dying.
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Overcoming confusion
A new series of teachings on a text by Je Rinpoche. Setting the scene for…
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The Essence of a Human Life
Verses by Lama Tsongkhapa on how to use our precious human life to pursue what…
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Dispositions, motivations, and practices
An overview of the motivations and practices that comprise the three levels of the path.
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Meditation on the initial scope of the lamrim
A guided meditation combining all the meditations of the initial level practitioner with each topic…
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Living with loss
Change is the reality of our existence but we are shocked when it happens. Examining…
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Compassion in action
A talk given at Jewel Heart Center Chicago, which has just started a new hospital…
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The four maras
Explaining the four maras that Yamantaka destroys: the afflictions, polluted aggregates, death, and the son…
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The person and the aggregates
If the person cannot be found in the aggregates, does it exist separate from the…
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Guided nine-point death meditation
Meditating on death brings meaning and purpose to our life and helps to avoid wasting…
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Guided meditation: imagining our death
Imagining our death prepares our mind for death and helps us make our life meaningful…
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Guided meditation on death and impermanence
Seeing that death is definite and lifespan uncertain reflecting on the eight worldly concerns can…
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