Advice On Dying (Unabridged)
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
"Everyone dies, but no one is dead," goes the Tibetan saying. It is with these words that Advice on Dying takes flight. Using a seventeenth- century poem written by a prominent scholar-practitioner, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience in fife when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm (Shakespeare's "little death").
The stages are described so vividly that we can imagine the process of traveling deeper into the mind, on the ultimate journey of transformation. In this way, His Holiness shows us how to prepare for that time and, in doing so, how to enrich our time on earth, die without fear or upset, and influence the stage between this life and the next so that we may gain the best possible incarnation. As always, the ultimate goal is to advance along the path to enlightenment. Advice on Dying is an essential tool for attaining that eternal bliss.
Customer Reviews
Excellent
I found the historical context, extremely helpful and understanding why and permanent is so important and we should focus on understanding the dying process and how we can elevate our spiritual practice in this life and the next
Not as advertised
I’m a practicing Buddhist, although in the Soto Zen school. I was really looking forward to hearing this book. But I was disappointed. The first 45 minutes or so are taken up with the conflict between the Chinese government and the succession of the Panchen Lama. I realize this is an important subject but it has nothing to do with advice on dying, the title of the book. But I soldered on hoping that subject was left behind. But it was not. After quarter of the book the supposed subject, a poem by the first Panchen Lama, had not yet been read. At that point I gave up.