Impermanence & Death

Death and Rebirth 1. Beatrice Ribush (1913-2008) (Dr. Nicholas Ribush): An obituary and a brief remembrance written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche; Tags > life stories | death

2. Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth (His Holiness the Dalai Lama): Published as the foreword to "Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth" by Lati Rinpoche and Jeffrey Hopkins; Tags > death | rebirth | attitude | bardo

3. Rebirth and Karma (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): An explanation of beginningless mind, reincarnation and the causes and effects of karma; Tags > rebirth | belief | cause and effect | enlightenment | ignorance | karma | past lives | suffering | Q&A

4. Reincarnation (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to analyze reincarnation; Tags > reincarnation | past lives | karma | purification

Preparing for Death 5. Death and the Way (Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey): How to meditate on death; Tags > death | transference of consciousness (powa) | five powers | preparing for death

6. Donating Organs and the Time of Death (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): Rinpoche discusses in depth the process one should take when making preparations for death and giving the gift of life through organ donation.; Tags > death | Q&A | transference of consciousness (powa) | consciousness | tara | pure land | cherishing others | samsara (cyclic existence) | ego | attachment | chenrezig (avalokiteshvara) | preparing for death | impermanence | merit

7. How to Benefit the Dying and the Dead (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): Prayers, practices and mantras for the time of death; Tags > death | preparing for death

8. Letter to Geshe Wangdu (Lama Thubten Yeshe): Lama Yeshe's thoughts and practice while in hospital; Tags > sickness and health | meditation | mind training (lo-jong) | transforming problems | tong-len (exchanging self and others)

9. Life, Death and After Death (Lama Thubten Yeshe): Teachings by Lama Yeshe on death, intermediate state and rebirth, and an introductory talk by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on cultivating a peaceful mind.; Tags > death | transference of consciousness (powa) | meditation

10. Living Well, Dying Well (Audio and Unedited Transcripts) (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): A public talk about the purpose of life and the correct attitude towards death, given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Brisbane, 1991; Tags > impermanence | death | mind

11. Po-wa: Transference of Consciousness at the Time of Death (Lama Thubten Yeshe): Technique for transferring consciousness at the time of death; Tags > transference of consciousness (powa) | death | preparing for death

12. Transference of Consciousness (Audio) (Lama Thubten Yeshe): Technique for transferring consciousness at the time of death; Tags > transference of consciousness (powa) | death | preparing for death

Remembering Death 13. Death and Rebirth (Dr. Nicholas Ribush): A Discovering Buddhism module; Tags > death | impermanence | rebirth | meditation

14. Dissolution (Lama Thubten Yeshe): Teachings by Lama Yeshe on impermance and death, adapted by T. Y. Alexander; Tags > death | impermanence

15. Impermanence (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): Life finishes quickly, like autumn clouds or lightning in the sky; Tags > impermanence | death

16. Impermanence and Death (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): Establishing the value of meditating on death and impermanence as motivation for practice and preparation for death; Tags > life span | meditation | remembering death | Q&A | motivation | realization | death | lam-rim (path to enlightenment) | preparing for death | aggregates | visions | clear light | intermediate state | bardo

17. Lama Zopa Rinpoche at LYWA October 2012 (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches via live stream to students in Singapore and around the world.; Tags > death | five powers

18. Remembering Death (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): Liberation from samsara is possible by remembering impermanence and death and purifying negative karma; Tags > impermanence | death | karma

19. Remembering Impermanence and Death (Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche): Meditation on impermanence and death is a powerful method to protect us from the delusions.; Tags > impermanence | death | dharma practice | delusions

Death and Rebirth