A straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying Over the last several posts, I’ve shared what I have understood of my recent exposure to the Tibetan Bardos teachings. Today, I present some of the ways we can support those we love who are in transition or who have already passed. […]
7 – On Death: Two More Chances
A straight-forward series of posts on Death and Dying Last time, I wrote about the most auspicious opportunity to awaken that comes to us in the Emptiness Bardo. The last two means by which one can awaken along the Bardo journey I now present to you here. Though my wish for all sentient beings is that we […]
6 – On Death: Dharmakaya – Precious Seconds to Awaken
A straight-forward series of posts on Death and Dying According to the Tibetan Bardo teachings, there are three opportunities for full enlightenment after one dies. Dharmakaya is the first and most precious of these, and is considered the ultimate or absolute body, beyond form, substance, concept and even the ideas of existence and nonexistence. This […]
5 – On Death: Inner Death
A straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying Last time, I posted about death as we tend to think of it — a gross physical process. Today, we’ll encounter two additional stages that appear in the Tibetan Bardo teachings. These next two stages of death are perhaps a little harder […]
4 – On Death: Outer Death
A straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying Over the next couple of posts, I’ll be going over what I understand to be the three types of death—outer, inner and secret— as reported in the Tibetan Bardo teachings, and more specifically today, the outer death. Outer death is the death […]
2 – On Death: When You’re Dead, You’re Dead (or Are You?)
A straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying Welcome to another installment on Death & Dying. In this post, we begin our dive into the Tibetan Bardo teachings. Most would assume that once you die, you’re dead. The Tibetan, however, have a different perspective. They believe first of all that […]
1 – On Death – Are You Ready to Die?
A straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying I know. I know. It’s everybody’s favorite topic to avoid. Forget the fact that we’re all dying the minute we’re born. Forget the fact that everyone we know now will be dead in, at best, 100 years. Forget the fact that life […]
Death is a Constant
Introducing a straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying. I doubt anyone on this globe hasn’t been thinking of their own mortality. If fears of some disease taking hold and killing you and your loved ones didn’t get you, then the life-abolishing threat of nuclear war may very well have. […]