Contents

Dedication

Foreword, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Introduction to the Revised Edition

Preface

 

PART ONE: LIVING

1. In the Mirror of Death

2. Impermanence

3. Reflection and Change

4. The Nature of Mind

5. Bringing the Mind Home

6. Evolution, Karma, and Rebirth

7. Bardos and Other Realities

8. This Life: The Natural Bardo

9. The Spiritual Path

10. The Innermost Essence

 

PART TWO: DYING

11. Heart Advice on Helping the Dying

12. Compassion: The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel

13. Spiritual Help for the Dying

14. The Practices for Dying

15. The Process of Dying

 

PART THREE: DEATH AND REBIRTH

16. The Ground

17. Intrinsic Radiance

18. The Bardo of Becoming

19. Helping After Death

20. The Near-Death Experience: A Staircase to Heaven?

 

PART FOUR: CONCLUSION

21. The Universal Process

22. Servants of Peace

 

Appendix 1: My Teachers

Appendix 2: Questions About Death

Appendix 3: Two Stories

Appendix 4: Two Mantras

 

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Searchable Terms

About the Author

Books by Sogyal Rinpoche

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher