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426 INDEX<br />
Bardo Tödrol Chenmo, See <strong>Tibetan</strong><br />
<strong>Book</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Dead<br />
Bede, 323-24<br />
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 105, 355<br />
Bereaved, helping the, 313-17<br />
Blake, William, 35, 86, 119, 354<br />
Blessings, 71; <strong>of</strong> masters, 143-47,<br />
393<br />
Bodhichitta, 159, 205, 206, 210;<br />
in action, 206; in aspiration,<br />
206<br />
Bodhisattvas, 105, 286, 368, 369,<br />
399<br />
Body (lu): leaving, at death,<br />
245-47; mental, 292-93; physical,<br />
251-54; three days after<br />
death, 269-70<br />
Bohm, David, 279, 345, 356-59<br />
Breath (prana): during dying, 257;<br />
watching, in meditation, 69,<br />
72-73, 74. See also Inner air<br />
(prana)<br />
Buddha (Gautama Siddhartha),<br />
48-49, 136, 137, 355, 359,<br />
362, 363; on death, 26, 363;<br />
on doubt, 127-28; <strong>and</strong> emotions,<br />
69; enlightenment <strong>of</strong>,<br />
57-58; on "Four Reliances,"<br />
134; on good heart, 97-99; on<br />
impermanence, 25; on karma,<br />
96, 97, 99; <strong>and</strong> Krisha<br />
Gotami, 28-29; as<br />
Mahasattva, 202-3; on previous<br />
lives, 86; on meditation,<br />
62, 76-77; on reality, 38; on<br />
universe, 37<br />
Buddha <strong>of</strong> Compassion. See<br />
Avalokiteshvara<br />
Buddha nature, 47-49, 205; inner<br />
teacher aspect <strong>of</strong>, 138; <strong>and</strong><br />
meditation posture, 66-68<br />
Buddhas, 284<br />
Buddhism, 52-53, 100, 118, 254,<br />
356<br />
Buddhism, <strong>Tibetan</strong>, 4, 11-12,<br />
69-71, 120, 132, 270, 289,<br />
355; on body, 252-54<br />
Buddhist (nangpa), 52<br />
Calm Abiding (Skamatha in Sanskrit;<br />
shyiné in <strong>Tibetan</strong>), 62,<br />
63, 64, 73, 75-76. See also<br />
Meditation<br />
Chadral Rinpoche, 269-70<br />
Chakras, See Energy centers<br />
(chakras)<br />
Chang Chok, 310<br />
Change, <strong>and</strong> impermanence,<br />
25-27, 39-41<br />
Channels (nadi), 71, 252, 255,<br />
257, 258, 394<br />
Chenrézig (Buddha <strong>of</strong> Compassion),<br />
67. See also<br />
Avalokiteshvara<br />
Child Luminosity, 166, 267<br />
Children: near-death experiences<br />
<strong>of</strong>, 327, 329, 338-39; talking<br />
to, about death, 188<br />
Chinese, occupation <strong>of</strong> Tibet by,<br />
7, 272, 273, 343<br />
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche,<br />
36-37<br />
Christ, 147, 217, 218, 288, 298,<br />
353, 366<br />
Christianity, 8, 86<br />
Chuang Tzu, 17<br />
Clear Light, 95, 108, 263-65. See<br />
also Ground Luminosity<br />
Clear Seeing (vipashyana in Sanskrit,<br />
lhaktong in <strong>Tibetan</strong>), 64,<br />
75-76<br />
Closer to the Light: Learning from<br />
Children's Near-Death Experiences<br />
(Morse), 338-39<br />
Compassion, 191; logic <strong>of</strong>,<br />
192-96; mantra <strong>of</strong>, 396-98;<br />
meditation <strong>and</strong>, 67; methods<br />
for evoking, 199-206;<br />
power <strong>of</strong>, 197-99. See also<br />
Bodhichitta; Chenrézig;<br />
Tonglen<br />
Consciousness: continuity <strong>of</strong>,<br />
93-96; transference <strong>of</strong>, 218,<br />
235-36. See also Phowa
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