Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth_ A Tibetan Buddhist Guidebook

Abstract

Acknowledgments ; About This Book ; INTRODUCTION: DEATH IS NOT THE END 24; 1. HUMAN LIFE: OUR PRECIOUS DAYS 42; 2. DYING: THE CRUCIAL HOUR OF LIFE ; 3. THE ULTIMATE NATURE: GLIMPSES OF THE LUMINOSITY ; 4. THE BARDO: THE MOMENTOUS TRANSITIONAL PASSAGE ; 5. TALES OF THE BARDO: AFTERDEATH EXPERIENCES OF TIBETAN DELOGS ; 6. REBIRTH: THE INELUCTABLE KARMIC CYCLE ; 7. THE BUDDHA OF INFINITE LIGHT AND HIS BLISSFUL PURE LAND ; 8. HOW TO HELP THE DYING AND THE DEAD ; 9. RITUAL SERVICES FOR THE DYING AND THE DEAD ; 10. CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ; APPENDIXES: SOME SIMPLE BUDDHIST DEATH RITUALS ; APPENDIX A. MEDITATIONS ON THE FOUR CAUSES OF TAKING REBIRTH IN THE BLISSFUL PURE LAND ; APPENDIX B. EIGHT ESOTERIC BUDDHIST RITUALS FOR THE DYING AND THE DEAD; Notes ; Glossary ; References: Sources Cited and Key to Abbreviations ; Index ; E-mail Sign-Up ;