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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 ...
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 ...
A Tibetan Buddhist Monk meditating using chanting and drumming. The 14th Dalai Lama defines meditation (bsgom pa) as "familiarization of the mind with an object of meditation." [141] Traditionally, Tibetan Buddhism follows the two main approaches to meditation or mental cultivation taught in all forms of Buddhism, śamatha (Tib.
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The repertoire is drawn from Buddhist stories and Tibetan history. Lhamo was founded in the fourteenth century by the Thang Tong Gyalpo , a lama and important historical civil engineer . Gyalpo and seven recruited girls organized the first performance to raise funds for building bridges that would facilitate transportation in Tibet .
Many Tibetans believe that when a death occurs within the family, other family members' lives are jeopardized, so this practice may be considered essential to both the living and dead. [3] Tibetan Buddhists also believe that their deceased loved ones may spend a short period in hell to pay for sins in their past life. [2]