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In the Vajrayana tradition [1] of Tibetan Buddhism, tukdam (Standard Tibetan: ཐུགས་དམ, Wylie: thugs dam) is a meditative state said to occur after clinical death, and in which the body reportedly shows minimal signs of decomposition, retaining a lifelike appearance for days or even weeks.
Maraṇasati (mindfulness of death, death awareness) is a Buddhist meditation practice of remembering (frequently keeping in mind) that death can strike at any time (AN 6.20), and that we should practice assiduously and with urgency in every moment, even in the time it takes to draw one breath. Not being diligent every moment is called ...
The Bardo Thodol (Tibetan: བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ, Wylie: bar do thos grol, 'Liberation through hearing during the intermediate state'), commonly known in the West as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a terma text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, [1] [note 1] revealed by Karma ...
Death and dying is an important subject in Tibetan Buddhism as it is a most critical period for deciding which karma will ripen to lead one to the next rebirth, so a proper control of the mind at the death process is considered essential. After prolonged meditation, the meditator continues into the bardo or even towards enlightenment.
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written by Sogyal Rinpoche in 1992, is a presentation of the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Bardo Thodol. The author wrote, "I have written The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying as the quintessence of the heart-advice of all my masters, to be a new Tibetan Book of the ...
Relief of musicians from Sanchi [1] Tibetan illustration of Saraswati holding a veena, the main deity of music and musicians in Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhist music is music (Sanskrit: vàdita, saṅgīta) created for or inspired by Buddhism and includes numerous ritual and non-ritual musical forms. [2]
Buddhist monks used the contemplation of a decaying corpse as a monastic practice to reduce sensual desire. [1]: 25 In one Japanese tale, a monk called Genpin who has fallen in love with a chief councillor's wife overcomes this desire by imagining the woman's body decaying, and thus attains enlightenment by understanding the nature of the body.
By so doing, one bypasses some of the typical experiences that are said to occur after death. [3] [citation needed] Example destinations are Sukhāvatī, Abhirati, Ghanavyūha, Aṭakāvatī, Mount Potala, the Copper-Colored Mountain (Wylie: Zangs-mdog dpal-ri), and Tuṣita; [4] the most popular in Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan Buddhism is ...