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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Life and death are a package deal. They cannot be pulled apart and we cannot truly live unless we are aware of death. [This book is a] meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present consciousness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves ... [Zen Hospice Project cofounder Frank Ostaseski] ... distills the lessons gleaned over the course of his career, offering [a] ... guide that points to a radical path to transformation"--Amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
The Meridian Trust
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
H.H. The Dalai Lama teaches about the truth of suffering, the Three Characteristics of Existence, and the dissolution of the body's elements at death. Meditating on impermanence and the momentary changing nature of existence helps viewers appreciate the basic unsatisfactory nature of existence, and strive towards liberation. Causally produced things all depend on causes and conditions which contain within them the seeds of their own disintegration....
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"DEATH. Even the word itself probably makes you a little uncomfortable. Just look at it, sitting there, demanding to be acknowledged. It might even make you a lot uncomfortable. We spend so much time trying to deny death, going on about our lives as if we and our loved ones are immune to it. Then, one day, its truth becomes undeniable. The Death of You won't flinch in looking into this vital, urgent matter. Like Miguel's first book, I Wanna Be Well:...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sky Burial follows the ritual of "jha-tor", the giving of alms to birds in a northern Tibetan monastery - where the bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living beings. At the Drigung Monastery lamas chant to call the consciousness from the body. Juniper incense is burned to summon the vultures. Special body breakers, or "rogyapas", unwrap the bodies and cut away the flesh. The bones are crushed and mixed with...
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Aging isn't easy. But it can still be filled with joy-maybe even more joy than we expect... Susan Moon offers a Zen approach to facing our impermanence. Joining levity with tenderness, Moon shares stories from her own life-including knee replacements, Zoom chats with grandchildren, the loss of friends, and a season as a Zen monk in the wilderness-to show that strength can come from within, sometimes unexpectedly, even as our bodies fail. These field...
Author
Publisher
Parallax Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this book that offers relief to anyone moving though intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, comforting words of wisdom on how to transform our suffering in the face of death"-- Provided by publisher.
In the immediate aftermath of a loss, sometimes all we can do is keep breathing.Thich Nhất Hạnh shares guides readers through the storm of emotions surrounding the death of a loved one. He shares healing words of...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Beloved Buddhist nun and bestselling author Pema Chödrön's wise words on working with the countless changes in our lives to find more freedom and less fear. As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment-the end of a relationship, the end of a day, the end of a breath, and ultimately the end of life. And behind each ending is a beginning-though it may be unclear what the beginning holds. How We Live is How We'll Die shares Pema...
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
Tibetan
Description
A classic of Buddhist wisdom, this book was composed in the eighth century to prepare souls for the afterworld, it has become influential in the West for its psychological insights into the processes of death and dying, and also of grieving.
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lifetimes of effort go into organizing, designing, and structuring every aspect of our lives, but how many people are willing to contemplate the inevitability of death? Although dying is an essential part of life, it is an uncomfortable topic that most people avoid. With no idea what will happen when we die and a strong desire to sidestep the conversation, we make all kinds of assumptions. Living Is Dying collects teachings about death and the bardos...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Through countless editions and across centuries, the Tibetan Book of the Dead has drawn readers intrigued by the Tibetan Buddhist view of the end of life. In a world that often ignores death or hides it from view, Tibetan Buddhists acknowledge it as the last of a countless series of endings in this lifetime. And after each ending comes a new beginning. The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners draws on this timeless wisdom to help readers today...
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