Abortion
Aggregates (skandhas); dissolution of
Air, as element. See also Inner air (prana)
American Medical Association
Americans: and euthanasia; and near-death experience; and reincarnation. See also West
Amitabha
Ani Pelu
Ani Rilu
Apa Pant
A-pé Dorje
Appearance, phase of
Art. See Creativity
Asanga
Attachment; letting go of; as meditation obstacle. See also Impermanence
“Autobiography in Five Chapters”
Avalokiteshvara. See also Chenrézig
Balzac, Honoré de
Bardo(s) (transition); and near-death experience; as other realities; and practice in this life; revelation of; uncertainty and opportunity with
Bardo of becoming (sipa bardo); and dreaming; duration of; experiences of; helping bereaved during; helping dead during; judgment in; mental body in; and near-death experience; power of mind in; and rebirth
Bardo of dharmata; phases of; recognition of; understanding
Bardo of dying; and going to sleep; image for; revelation of. See also Death; Dying
Bardo of meditation. See also Meditation
Bardo of sleep and dream
Bardo teachings; on death; and science
Bardo of this life; importance of; sleep, dream, and meditation in; wisdom tools for
Bardo Tödrol Chenmo. See Tibetan Book of the Dead
Bede
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Bereaved, helping the
Blake, William
Blessings; of masters
Bodhichitta; in action; in aspiration
Bodhisattvas
Body (lu): leaving, at death; mental; physical; three days after death
Bohm, David
Breath (prana): during dying; watching, in meditation. See also Inner air (prana)
Buddha (Gautama Siddhartha); on death; on doubt; and emotions; enlightenment of; on “Four Reliances”; on good heart; on impermanence; on karma; and Krisha Gotami; as Mahasattva; on previous lives; on meditation; on reality; on universe
Buddha of Compassion. See Avalokiteshvara
Buddha nature; inner teacher aspect of; and meditation posture
Buddhas
Buddhism
Buddhism, Tibetan; on body
Buddhist (nangpa)
Calm Abiding (Shamatha in Sanskrit; shyiné in Tibetan). See also Meditation
Chadral Rinpoche
Chakras. See Energy centers (chakras)
Chang Chok
Change, and impermanence
Channels (nadi)
Chenrézig (Buddha of Compassion). See also Avalokiteshvara
Child Luminosity
Children: near-death experiences of; talking to, about death
Chinese, occupation of Tibet by
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Christ
Christianity
Chuang Tzu
Clear Light. See also Ground Luminosity
Clear Seeing (vipashyana in Sanskrit, lhaktong in Tibetan)
Closer to the Light: Learning from Children’s Near-Death Experiences (Morse)
Compassion; logic of; mantra of; meditation and; methods for evoking; power of. See also Bodhichitta; Chenrézig; Tonglen
Consciousness: continuity of; transference of. See also Phowa
Creativity: and bardos; and karma
Cremation
Cryonics
Dak dzin. See Ego (dak dzin)
Dalai Lama, Fourteenth; on attitude of dying; as incarnation; on moment of death
Darkness, in near-death experience
Dead, the: clairvoyance of; helping; Tibetan Buddhist practices for
Death; accepting; of Buddha; causes of; dedicating our; of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche; facing; fear of; helping after; of Jamyang Khyentse; life after; of masters; in modern world; need for learning about; phases of; peaceful; of “the poisons”; questions about; Tibetan celebration of. See also Dissolution; Dying
Death, moment of; clear awareness at; leaving body at; letting go of attachment at; as opportunity; prayer at
Deities: in bardo of dharmata; Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful
Deity (yidam)
Délok
Devotion (mö gü)
Dharmakaya
Dharmata (chö nyi). See also Bardo of dharmata
Dialogue, and unfinished business
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche; and cremation; death of; at deathbed; on devotion; on Guru Yoga; and Khandro Tsering Chödrön; lifespan of; on listening; as master; and moment of death; on near-death experience; on Padmasambhava; picture of; on Purification of the Six Realms; on questions about death; on Rigpa; on View
Discipline (tsul trim)
Dissolution: of elements; inner; outer; phases of; process of; in rainbow body
Do Khyentse
Dodrupchen Rinpoche
Doubts
Drakpa Gyaltsen
Dream. See Bardo of sleep and dream
Dudjom Rinpoche; on action; and cremation; declaration of realization of; on Dzogchen meditation; on Guru Yoga; on helping dying; life-span of; on meditation; on merging of luminosities; on nature of mind; pictures of; on rainbow body; as teacher; on View
“Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care”
Dying: atmosphere for; attitude toward; and dedicating death; fears about; helping; instructions for; and leaving body; need for learning about; peaceful death for; phowa for; practices for; process of; saying goodbye to; spiritual help for; telling truth to; Tonglen for; unconditional love for; unfinished business for; working with, and compassion. See also Bardo of dying; Death; Phowa
Dzogchen; Action in; Meditation in; meditation posture from; practices from; rainbow body in; View in
Dzogchen Tantras. See also Tantra
Earth, as element
Ego (dak dzin); on spiritual path; and wise guide
Egolessness; wisdom tools for; and wise guide
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Einstein, Albert
Elements; air or wind as; dissolution of; earth as; fire as; space as; water as
Emotions: and avoiding rebirth; in meditation; negative; process of bardos in; and yogins
Empowerment, in Guru Yoga
Energy; of delight
Energy centers (chakras)
Enlightenment; and bardos; Bodhichitta and; of Buddha; methods for attaining; modern reality of; putting into action
Essence(s) (bindu)
Euthanasia
Evans-Wentz, W. Y.
Eyes, as widom channels
“Father of ‘As Famous as the Moon,’ The”
Fear: of death; about dying
Fire, as element
Flowerdew, Arthur
Ford, Henry
Forgiveness, and dying
Francis, Saint
Full Attainment, phase of
Gampopa
Gandhi
Gandhi, Mohandas
Garuda
Gesar
God, and forgiveness for dying
Good, in meditation
Good Heart
Grasping; self-
Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo. See Tibetan Book of the Dead
Gregory the Great, Pope
Grey, Margot
Greyson, Bruce
Grief; ending and learning through; heart practice for; keeping heart open during
Ground Luminosity; and bardo of becoming; and bardo of dharmata; dawning of; and deaths of masters; duration of; in Dzogchen; and moment of death; and Mother and Child luminosities; and ordinary mind. See also Clear Light
Ground of ordinary mind
Guru Rinpoche. See Padmasambhava
Guru Yoga; by dying; phases of; and process of dying
Gyalsé Rinpoche
Hanh, Thich Nhat
Healing, after accepting death
Heart practice
Hope, for dying
Hospice movement. See also Saunders, Cicely
Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities
Ignorance
Impermanence: and attachment; and changeless; and grasping; and hard-ships in life; and interdependence; reflection on; truth of
Incarnation (tulku)
Increase, phase of
Inner air or energy (prana); and meditation; as “vehicle of the mind”. See also Breath (prana); Winds
Inspiration: and meditation; and process of bardos
Integration, of meditation into everyday life
Interdependence
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö; death of; and death of Samten and Lama Tseten; and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche; and Dudjom Rinpoche; as incarnation; and Khandro Tsering Chödrön; on meditation; on moment of death; on nature of master; and nature of mind; on phowa; pictures of; on purification practices
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jesus. See Christ
Jikmé Gyalwé Nyugu
Jikmé Lingpa
Judgment, in bardo of becoming
Jung, Carl
Kalu Rinpoche; on bardo of becoming; death of; on experience of dying; on liberation; on life-support; on physical body and mind; on senility
Kamaljit Kour
Karma; and bardo of becoming; and creativity; and good heart; and responsibility. See also Bardo of becoming; Karmic vision
Karma Lingpa
Karmapa, Gyalwang; death of
Karmic vision; and perception
Kayas
Khandro Tsering Chödrön
Krisha Gotami
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
Kuntuzangpo. See Primordial Buddha
Kunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen
Lakar Tsang family
Lama Chokden
Lama Tseten; death of
Laziness
Levine, Stephen
Liberation. See also Enlightenment
Life: bardo process in everyday; and death; hard-ships in; impermanence of; laziness in; as living corpses; taking, seriously. See also Bardo of this life
Life after death; belief in; Buddhist masters’ question about; and Lama Tseten; Raymond Moody on. See also Rebirth; Reincarnation
Life-support measures
Light; in near-death experience. See also Clear Light; Luminosity
Lincoln, Abraham
Lingza Chökyi
Listening, as wisdom tool
Living Wills
Longaker, Christine
Longchenpa
Love, unconditional, for dying
Loving kindness
Lü. See Body (lü)
Luminosity(ies): in bardo of dharmata; Dzogchen, practice of; merging of. See also Child Luminosity; Ground Luminosity; Mother Luminosity
Ma Rigpa
Ma Chik Lap Drön
Mahasattva
Maitreya
Mantra: after death; of Compassion; in Guru Yoga; as meditation method; of Padmasambhava; and Practice of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities; Vajra Guru
Marpa
Master; blessings of; deaths of; and devotion; as meditation object; and path of Dzogchen; true
Maudgalyayana
Meditation; alertness and relaxation in; bardo of; beginning prayer for; Buddha and; on compassion; duration of; Dzogchen; ending prayer for; experiences in; eyes open during; gaze recommended; Good in the Beginning, Good in the Middle, Good in the End and; hands, position for; and inspiration; integration of, into action; methods of; and mind; and mindfulness; mouth open position; negativity, defusing and; obstacles to; and ordinary life; peace in; poem by Nyoshul Khenpo and; posture for; purpose of; taking breaks; thoughts and emotions in; three sacred principles of; Tibetan saying and; as wisdom tool. See also Calm Abiding
Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare)
Merton, Thomas
Michelangelo
Milarepa
Milinda, King
Mind; in bardo of becoming; bringing home; continuity of; and death; enlightened; ground of ordinary; impermanence of; looking in; and meditation; relax; release; samsara and; Shantideva on; training; Western view of. See also Nature of mind
Mindfulness. See also Calm Abiding
“Mind in comfort and ease” posture
Mipham
Mö gü. See Devotion (mö gü)
Moment of death. See Death, moment of
Montaigne, Michel de
Moody, Raymond
More, Sir Thomas
Morse, Melvin
Mother Luminosity. See also Ground Luminosity
Mother Teresa
Motoyama, Dr. Hiroshi
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
“Myth of Er” (Plato)
Nachiketas
Nadi. See Channels (nadi)
Nagasena
Nangpa. See Buddhist (nangpa)
Nature
Nature of mind; as Child Luminosity; faults preventing realization of; introduction to; and wisdom of ordinariness. See also Mind; Rigpa
Naylor, Freda
Near-death experience; and awareness in coma; and bardo of becoming; core experience of; darkness and tunnel in; deloks as; and judgment; and karma; life-review of; light in; meaning of; message of; and reincarnation; transformation after
Negativity
Newton, Isaac
Ngé jung. See Renunciation (ngé jung)
Nirmanakaya
Nowness
Nyoshul Khenpo
Nyoshul Lungtok
Object, for meditation
Organ donation
Origen
Padmasambhava; on bardo of this life; on causes of death; on death; on devotion; and Dudjom Rinpoche; and Dzogchen; on Ground Luminosity; in Guru Yoga; heart practice from; on karma; on kayas; mantra of; as master; meditation with picture of; on moment of death; on understanding mind, 52
Parinirvana
Path Luminosity. See Child Luminosity
Patrul Rinpoche; on Bodhichitta; on Ground of Dzogchen; on intellect; and Nyoshul Lungtok; on Rigpa
Peace, natural great
Perception
Phowa; after death; essential practice of; to help dying; with Lama Tseten
Physics. See Science
Plato
“Poisons, the”
Pommaret, Françoise
Posture: for meditation; “sleeping lion,”
Prana. See Inner air (prana)
Prayer: in bardo of becoming; beginning mediation; to direct compassion; ending meditation; at moment of death
Primordial Buddha
Purification; of the Six Realms
Rainbow body
Ramakrishna
Ratnasambhava
Reality
Realms; in near-death experience; Purification of the Six
Rebirth: and bardo of becoming; belief in; choosing; and continuity of mind; “proofs” of; preventing. See also Reincarnation
Reincarnation: American belief in; and continuity of mind; and good heart; and near-death experiences; stories of; in Tibet. See also Rebirth
Renunciation (ngé jung)
Responsibilities; and karma
Rigpa; in Action; in bardo of dharmata; and Ground Luminosity; in Guru Yoga; in meditation; and moment of death; and process of dying; in View. See also Buddha nature; Nature of mind
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Ring, Kenneth
Rumi
Sabom, Michael
Sacred space, creating
Samantabhadra. See Primordial Buddha
Sambhogakaya
Samsara; in bardo of dharmata; and enlightened mind; and ignorance; modern; mind trained by
Samten
Saraha
Saunders, Cicely
Science; and bardos
“Second Buddha”
Sem (ordinary mind)
Senility
Shakespeare, William
Shamatha
Shantideva
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Shrona
Siddhartha. See Buddha (Gautama Siddhartha)
Skandhas. See Aggregates (skandhas)
Sleep: bardo of; process of bardos in
Sogyal Rinpoche: and Dudjom Rinpoche; earliest death experiences of; and master; and nature of mind
Soma-significance
Sönam Namgyal
Space, as element
Spiritual help, for dying
Spiritual path; doubts on; finding; how to follow
St. Christopher’s Hospice
Stevenson, Dr. Ian
Suffering: and dedicating death; and karma. See also Tonglen
Suicide
Suzuki-roshi
Table Talk (Rumi)
Tantra. See also Dzogchen Tantras
Tara
Tatelbaum, Judy
Teacher: inner; outer. See also Buddha nature; Master
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
Terma
Tertön Sogyal
Thangka paintings
Thompson, Lewis
Thoughts: in meditation; process of bardos in
Tibet: Chinese occupation of; déloks in; finding master in; phowa in; rainbow body in; reincarnations in; teachings from. See also Buddhism, Tibetan
Tibetan Book of Life
Tibetan Book of the Dead: on bardo of becoming; on bardo of dharmata; and bardos; on luminosity; on moment of death; and near-death experience; practices for dead from
Tiklé
Tögal
Tolstoy, Leo
Tonglen; to dedicate death; for dying; holy secret of; practice of; stages of
Trekchö
Trinity
Trotung
Truth, telling, to dying
Tsatsa
Tsele Natsok Rangdrol
Tsenjang
Tsongkhapa
Tsul trim. See Discipline (tsul trim)
Tulku. See Incarnation (tulku)
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Tunnel, in near-death experience
Uncertainty, of bardos
Upanishad(s); Katha
Vajra Guru Mantra
Vajrasattva
View, in Dzogchen
Vimalamitra
Vipashyana
Virgin Mary
Vision, kinds of. See also Karmic vision
Voltaire
Water, as element
West: fragmentation of self in; mental disorders in; and spirituality of dying; “technology of meditation” and. See also Americans
Winds
Wisdom: in bardo of dharmata; in meditation
Wisdom tools
Wise guide
Wordsworth, William
Yidam. See Deity (yidam)
Yoga, of channels, winds, and essences. See also Guru Yoga
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