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INDEX 433mind, 93-96; and good heart,97-99; and near-death experiences,92-93; stories of,88-93; in Tibet, 103-5. Seealso RebirthRenunciation (ngé jung), 33, 159Responsibilities, 19; and karma,101-3Rigpa, 48-49; in Action, 167,168, 170, 171; in bardo ofdharmata, 281, 282, 283, 284,287; and Ground Luminosity,264; in Guru Yoga, 150-53; inmeditation, 63, 163, 164, 165,166, 167; and moment ofdeath, 232, 233, 244; and processof dying, 259; in View,158-59, 161-62. See alsoBuddha nature; Nature ofmindRilke, Rainer Maria, 40, 320,355-56Ring, Kenneth, 23, 24, 29, 296,326, 328, 330, 340Rumi, 131, 368Sabom, Michael, 330-31, 331Sacred space, creating, 84Samantabhadra. See PrimordialBuddhaSambhogakaya, 347, 353, 355,358Samsara, 14; in bardo of dharmata,285; and enlightenedmind, 14, 75; and ignorance,57-58, 136; modern, 20-21;mind trained by, 59Samten, 3-4, 260, 370Saraha, 160Saunders, Cicely, 180, 181, 215,383Science, 279; and bardos, 356-59"Second Buddha," 69Sem (ordinary mind), 47, 49Senility, 384Shakespeare, William, 105, 202Shamatha, 15Shantideva, 59, 193, 205, 210,212, 225, 369Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 86Shrona, 76Siddhartha. See Buddha(Gautama Siddhartha)Skandhas, See Aggregates (skandhas)Sleep: bardo of, 112; process ofbardos in, 348Sogyal Rinpoche: and DudjomRinpoche, 45-47; earliestdeath experiences of, 3-7; andmaster, xv-xviii; and nature ofmind, 42-44Soma-significance, 357Sönam Namgyal, 172-73Space, as element, 251Spiritual help, for dying, 213-26Spiritual path, 131; doubts on,126-30; finding, 132-34; howto Mow, 134-37St. Christopher's Hospice, 184,383Stevenson, Dr. Ian, 90Suffering: and dedicating death,223-26; and karma, 382. Seealso TonglenSuicide, 306, 383Suzuki-roshi, 126Table Talk (Rumi), 131Tantra, 172, 252, 259, 289. Seealso Dzogchen TantrasTara, 397Tatelbaum, Judy, 316Teacher: inner, 138; outer, 138.See also Buddha nature; MasterTeilhard de Chardin, Pierre, 368Terma, 149Tertön Sogyal, xv, 124Thangka paintings, 84Thompson, Lewis, 85Thoughts: in meditation, 77-79;process of bardos in, 349-50Tibet: Chinese occupation of, 7,343; déloks in, 334-36;
434 INDEXfinding master in, 132-34;phowa in, 239; rainbow bodyin, 172-73; reincarnations in,103-5; teachings from,364-67. See also Buddhism,TibetanTibetan Book of Life, 13Tibetan Book of the Dead, xvii, 11,13, 114, 136-37, 149, 223,229, 303: on bardo of becoming,293, 294, 297, 298,300-301; on bardo of dharmata,278, 280, 281, 283,286-88; and bardos, 106-7,112; on luminosity, 263-64,264; on moment of death,227, 234; and near-deathexperience, 326, 327, 330,334; practices for dead from,308-9Tiklé, 281-82Tögal, 170, 171, 280, 282, 289Tolstoy, Leo, 323Tonglen, 197-99; to dedicatedeath, 223-26; for dying,210-11; holy secret of,211-12; practice of, 207-10;stages of, 206-7Trekchö, 170, 171, 288-89Trinity, 353-54Trotung, 36Truth, telling, to dying, 181-83Tsatsa, 312Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, 350-53Tsenjang, 310, 312Tsongkhapa, 187Tsul trim, See Discipline (tsul trim)Tulku, See Incarnation (tulku)Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, 258,294Tunnel, in near-death experience,326-27Uncertainty, of bardos, 108-11Upanishad(s), 40; Katha, 131Vajra Gum Mantra, 393-96Vajrasattva, 302, 311, 312, 383View, in Dzogchen, 66, 76-77,156-62Vimalamitra, 169Vipashyana, 76, 401Virgin Mary, 288, 298Vision, kinds of, 118-19. See alsoKarmic visionVoltaire, 87Water, as element, 251, 252, 256,260West: fragmentation of self in,60; mental disorders in, 60;and spirituality of dying,213-14; "technology of meditation"and, 65-66, 81. Seealso AmericansWinds, 68, 252, 253, 254Wisdom: in bardo of dharmata,281-82, 284-85; in meditation,80-81Wisdom tools, 120, 125-26Wise guide, 124-25Wordsworth, William, 136Yidam, See Deity (yidam)Yoga, of channels, winds, andessences, 253, 259. See alsoGuru Yoga
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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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Introduction to the Revised Edition
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INTRODUCTIONxiiiour attitudes towar
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PrefaceI WAS BORN IN TIBET, and I w
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PREFACExviinext to my master, on a
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PART ONELiving
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THE GROUND 265explain its sacred me
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Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (18
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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991)
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QUESTIONS ABOUT DEATH 379make rules
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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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