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 Loss of a loved one to suicide
Response to a student's request for re-visiting a previous conference talk she gave on healing…
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Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death, part 2
Continued explanation of the prayer for the time of death from the Amitabha sadhana. Meditating…
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Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death, part 1
An explanation of the prayer for the time of death. Through practice and familiarity with…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Mindfulness of death and impermanence
Maintaining an awareness of death and impermanence brings energy to making our life meaningful and…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa “Precious Garland” review: Quiz 7 questi...
Venerable Thubten Tarpa leads a review on Quiz 7 questions 4-7, on the qualities we…
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Ramesh 
The Vimalakirti Sutra: How to be reborn in a pure land
The qualities of pure lands and the qualities that we need to cultivate in order…
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The Vimalakirti Sutra: Introduction
The Buddha’s profound teachings are conveyed through an engaging dialogue between his great arhat and…
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Quiz questions Part 7 for Precious Garland
Questions to review our understanding of the most recent talks on Nagarjuna’s "Precious Garland of…
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Albert Ramos 
Venerable Thubten Jigme “Don’t Believe Everything You Think̶...
The verses of "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" describe practices to transform the way we…
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Finding hope after a loved one’s suicide
A moving letter and poem from an incarcerated person grieving his cousin's suicide.
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