Death: A Natural Part of Life
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (585 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1489529101 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 110 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
interesting book about a difficult subject This book is about the Tibetan Buddhist view of death, which of course includes rebirth. Although I am familiar with the concept of rebirth, one sentence struck me: “In order for someone to be reborn here today, another one -- someone somewhere - has to die.” In other words, to be able to enjoy the birth of a baby, someone else has to suffer the loss of a loved one. Makes perfect sense, but I had never seen it that way.The author starts with the concept of impermanence and then explains in detail how we die, from the disso
He has been resident monk of the Charleston Tibetan Society in Charleston, South Carolina since 1996. He entered Drepung Loseling Monastery at the age of ten and received his Geshe degree (Doctorate of Religion and Philosophy) twenty-two years later in 1992. . Before coming to the United States, he taught in Europe for several years. He has written several Buddhist practice books as well as books on meditation, health, eth
About the Author Geshe Dakpa Topgyal, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, was born in the Western region of Tibet, and fled to India at the age of six with his family due to the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Before coming to the United States, he taught in Europe for several years. He has written several Buddhist practice books as well as books on meditation, health, ethics, mind, the traditional Tibetan Buddhist altar, Refuge and most recently on impermanence and emptiness. . He has been resident monk of the Charleston Tibetan Society in Charleston, South Carolina since 1996. He entered Drepung Loseling Monastery at the age of ten and received his Geshe deg
Death is a universal condition and each one of us must face it regardless of who we are. Although Geshe Dakpa teaches from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, this book is not only for practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism. In Death A Natural Part of Life Geshe Dakpa Topgyal shows how we can prepare for our inevitable death by 1) living an ethical life, 2) learning about the meaning of death as built into every birth and 3) practicing or training to become familiar with the process that we will all go through at the end of this life in order to develop the ability to maintain a calm and virtuous state of mind at the time of our death. He also discusses what is needed in those around a person who is dying. religious or nonreligious. Death A Natural Part of Life will benefit every reader who wishes to examine death to reduce fear and who seeks to come to terms with the fact that as we were born we all must die.