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IndexAbortion, 383Aggregates (skandhas), 254, 284,286, 398; dissolution of,255-57Air, as element, 252, 257, 260.See also Inner air (prana)American Medical Association,381Americans: and euthanasia,381-82; and near-death experience,324; and reincarnation,87. See also WestAmitabha, 236-37, 238, 241, 288,289, 394Ani Pelu, 229-31, 370Ani Rilu, 230-32, 245, 370Apa Pant, 78-79, 275A-pé Dorje, 100, 231-32, 370Appearance, phase of, 258, 259Art. See CreativityAsanga, 195-96, 200Attachment, 35; letting go of,228-30; as meditation obstacle,79-80. See also Impermanence"Autobiography in Five Chapters,"31-32Avalokiteshvara, 104, 105, 191,289, 394, 396-98. See alsoChenrézigBalzac, Honoré de, 86Bardo(s) (transition), 11-12, 106,107-8; and near-death experience,336; as other realities,111-12; and practice in thislife, 112-14; revelation of,345-48; uncertainty andopportunity with, 108-11Bardo of becoming (sipa bardo),11, 107-8, 291-92; anddreaming, 111; duration of,295; experiences of, 293-95;helping bereaved during,313-22; helping dead during,303-313; judgment in, 296;mental body in, 292-93; andnear-death experience,329-34; power of mind in,296-99; and rebirth, 299-302Bardo of dharmata, 11, 107, 108,111-12, 278; phases of,278-83; recognition of,288-90; understanding,283-88Bardo of dying, 11, 107, 108,249-51; and going to sleep,111; image for, 232; revelationof, 346-48. See also Death;DyingBardo of meditation, 112. Seealso MeditationBardo of sleep and dream, 112Bardo teachings, 12-13; ondeath, 346-53; and science,356-59Bardo of this life, 11, 107-8,115-16; importance of, 114;sleep, dream, and meditationin, 112; wisdom tools for, 120425
426 INDEXBardo Tödrol Chenmo, See TibetanBook of the DeadBede, 323-24Beethoven, Ludwig van, 105, 355Bereaved, helping the, 313-17Blake, William, 35, 86, 119, 354Blessings, 71; of masters, 143-47,393Bodhichitta, 159, 205, 206, 210;in action, 206; in aspiration,206Bodhisattvas, 105, 286, 368, 369,399Body (lu): leaving, at death,245-47; mental, 292-93; physical,251-54; three days afterdeath, 269-70Bohm, David, 279, 345, 356-59Breath (prana): during dying, 257;watching, in meditation, 69,72-73, 74. See also Inner air(prana)Buddha (Gautama Siddhartha),48-49, 136, 137, 355, 359,362, 363; on death, 26, 363;on doubt, 127-28; and emotions,69; enlightenment of,57-58; on "Four Reliances,"134; on good heart, 97-99; onimpermanence, 25; on karma,96, 97, 99; and KrishaGotami, 28-29; asMahasattva, 202-3; on previouslives, 86; on meditation,62, 76-77; on reality, 38; onuniverse, 37Buddha of Compassion. SeeAvalokiteshvaraBuddha nature, 47-49, 205; innerteacher aspect of, 138; andmeditation posture, 66-68Buddhas, 284Buddhism, 52-53, 100, 118, 254,356Buddhism, Tibetan, 4, 11-12,69-71, 120, 132, 270, 289,355; on body, 252-54Buddhist (nangpa), 52Calm Abiding (Skamatha in Sanskrit;shyiné in Tibetan), 62,63, 64, 73, 75-76. See alsoMeditationChadral Rinpoche, 269-70Chakras, See Energy centers(chakras)Chang Chok, 310Change, and impermanence,25-27, 39-41Channels (nadi), 71, 252, 255,257, 258, 394Chenrézig (Buddha of Compassion),67. See alsoAvalokiteshvaraChild Luminosity, 166, 267Children: near-death experiencesof, 327, 329, 338-39; talkingto, about death, 188Chinese, occupation of Tibet by,7, 272, 273, 343Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche,36-37Christ, 147, 217, 218, 288, 298,353, 366Christianity, 8, 86Chuang Tzu, 17Clear Light, 95, 108, 263-65. Seealso Ground LuminosityClear Seeing (vipashyana in Sanskrit,lhaktong in Tibetan), 64,75-76Closer to the Light: Learning fromChildren's Near-Death Experiences(Morse), 338-39Compassion, 191; logic of,192-96; mantra of, 396-98;meditation and, 67; methodsfor evoking, 199-206;power of, 197-99. See alsoBodhichitta; Chenrézig;TonglenConsciousness: continuity of,93-96; transference of, 218,235-36. See also Phowa
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The Tibetan Bookof Living and Dying
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ContentsDedicationForeword, by His
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Forewordby His Holiness the Dalai L
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INTRODUCTIONxiiiour attitudes towar
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PrefaceI WAS BORN IN TIBET, and I w
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Page 431 and 432: AcknowledgmentsIN THE TASK OF PRESE
Page 433 and 434: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 421I am deeply grat
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Page 447 and 448: 436 NOTESFrancisco, 1986; First Sno
Page 449 and 450: CreditsCover design: Ross Carron De
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