Death
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Distracted from Distraction by Distraction
The title is taken from the first of T. S. Eliot’s” Four Quartets,” Burnt Norton. It describes the plight of modern humans. We spend all of our time running away from ourselves by…
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The Bardo of Dying
The Bardo of Dying is what the previous three bardos of life have been preparing us for. It is where the pedal hits the medal so to say. It is here we take…
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Why We Won’t Deal Seriously with Climate Change
Lately I have been writing a lot of articles on death. I was inspired by reading The Tibetan Book of the Dead and taking a course on it by Andrew Holocek. He recommended…
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The Bardo of Meditation
The Bardo of Meditation is where we focus most directly on realizing the nature of mind. It is here that we develop the practices to confront the nature of our mind and learn…
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Mind Beyond Death: The Bardo of This Life
We now move on to the second chapter of the book, Mind Beyond Death. This chapter covers the Bardo of this life. Yes, believe it or not, this life in which we are…
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Mind Beyond Death: The Bardos
In a previous article, I summarized the introduction of the book, Mind Beyond Death by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche (linked here Death) A few months ago, I wrote an article entitled “The Eight Stages…
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Why Death is So Fascinating
In my last article, I summarized the introduction of the book, Mind Beyond Death by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche (linked here Death) A few months ago, I wrote an article entitled “The Eight Stages…
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Mind Beyond Death
A friend, knowing my interests, recommended the book, Mind Beyond Death by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. I just read through the forward and the introduction and decided to write about it. My previous article…
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The Eternal Now
What is this “Eternal Now”? What does Eternal Now even mean? It’s a difficult concept for people to get. How can something Eternal be Now? It’s because, eternal means it’s outside of time;…
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This Magic Moment
A while back I wrote an article entitled “The Absurd Good Feeling” linked here: Absurd Good Feeling. Absurd Good Feelings are intense feelings of well-being that spring out of the blue for no…
