The Cycle of Death and Rebirth
In this teaching excerpt Lama Yeshe discusses death and rebirth in various realms of cyclic existence.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Teachings
The Suffering of the Lower Realms
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the suffering of the lower realms of samsara (cyclic existence) in this teaching excerpted from the Fourth Kopan Meditation Course in 1973.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Renunciation
Impermanence and Death
Advice on how to make the best use of our life, which is very short.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Death Can Come at Any Time
Death Can Happen Suddenly
Death Comes Suddenly
Death Meditation
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True Renunciation
Explaining how by overcoming attachment to ordinary pleasure, we open the way to the joy of inner liberation.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Renunciation
Illness and Death Are Natural
A teaching on impermanence at the Seventh Kopan Meditation Course, November, 1974.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Renunciation
A teaching on renunciation, first published in Teachings at Tushita
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Renunciation
Impermanence and Death
Establishing the value of meditating on death and impermanence as motivation for practice and preparation for death.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Remembering Death
Liberation from samsara is possible by remembering impermanence and death and purifying negative karma
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Remembering Impermanence and Death
Meditation on impermanence and death is a powerful method to protect us from the delusions.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Self-cherishing Brings All Unhappiness
This teaching on the shortcomings of the self-cherishing thought is an excerpt from the 33rd Kopan Course.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Renunciation