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This isn't about dying. It's about living life the right way. And it's about looking at death in a whole new light. Well, ok, it is about dying as well.
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- You, Noble One: You say the complete name of the dying person here (instead of "Noble One"), and say it loudly and clearly
- Buddhas and Boddhisatvas: They can guide you in your journey to the between
- Dharma: Add a description of this character.
- Yama
- Gauri
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“You, Noble One, you named so-and-so, the time has come for you to seek the way”
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Nothing that we think we are, do, feel, or have has any essence, substance, stability, or solidity.
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“Don’t wonder about your former lives; just look carefully at your present body! Don’t wonder about your future lives; just look at your mind in the present!”
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This indestructible-drop transparent awareness is the Buddhist soul, the deepest seat of life and awareness, whose continuity is indestructible, though it constantly changes while moving from life to life. To achieve conscious identification with this body-mind, to experience reality from this extremely subtle level of awareness, is tantamount to attaining Buddhahood. And this is the real goal of the Book of Natural Liberation.
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The time of the between, the transition from a death to a new rebirth, is the best time to attempt consciously to affect the causal process of evolution for the better. Our evolutionary momentum is temporarily fluid during the between, so we can gain or lose a lot of ground during its crises.
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Each living being is really just this indestructible drop at the extremely subtle level. This is the living soul of every being. It is what makes the boundless process of reincarnation possible. It is the gateway into liberation, always open, essentially free, though the being evolved around it may identify itself with intensely turbulent states of suffering. It is peaceful, translucent, trouble-free, and uncreated. Knowing it is what made the Buddha smile. It is what makes Buddhas and living beings the same.
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The development of such abilities is of primary importance in developing the ability to die lucidly, to remain self-aware of what and where one is during these transitional experiences.
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Practice being more relaxed in your relationships. Remind yourself that you could be dead and not there, and that your main concern for your loved one is their happiness, not just what you are getting out of them.
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Human life is characterized as being midway between states of excessive pain and states of excessive pleasure.
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Once human life is understood as providing the liberty and opportunity for evolutionary freedom and altruistic enlightenment, its loss is far worse than is the loss of life assumed to be either sheer obliteration into nothingness or secure passage to heaven.
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Tibetans have the commonsense view that life is boundless, that we did not come out of nothing and cannot become nothing. We are both beginningless and endless.
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First Sentence edit
The Tibetans have always called their own country Bo, on some occasions adding Khawajen, "Land of Snow."
Table of Contents edit
PART ONE
PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY
CHAPTER I BACKGROUND
An Outline of Tibetan History
Tibet: A Spiritual Civilization
Tibet's Present Plight\Buddhism in Summary
Tibetan Ideas About Death
CHAPTER 2 THE TIBETAN SCIENCE OF DEATH
What Is Death?
The Six Realms
The Three Buddha Bodies
The Body-Mind Complex
Stages of Death
The Reality of Liberation
CHAPTER III THE TIBETAN ART OF DYING
Introduction
Ordinary Preparations for Death
Extraordinary Preparations
The Preliminary Stage
Mentor and Initiation
The Creation Stage
The Perfect Stage
CHAPTER 4 THE NATURAL LIBERATION LITERATURE
The History of the Texts
The Sections of the Book
PART TWO
THE GUIDEBOOK FOR THE JOURNEY
The Great Book of Natural Liberation
Through Understanding in the Between
CHAPTER 5 THE BETWEEN PRAYERS
The Prayer of the Three Body Mentor Yoga
The Prayer for Help from the Buddhas and Boddhisatvas
The Prayer for Deliverance from the Straits of the Between
The Prayer for Refuge from All Terrors of the Between
The Root Verses of the Six Betweens
CHAPTER 6 THE GUIDEBOOK TO THE BETWEENS
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- Padma Sambhava (Author)
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- Huston Smith (Introduction)
- Karma Lingpa - Discovered By
- Robert A. F. Thurman (Translator)
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Page Count: 304
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