Living in the face of death : the Tibetan tradition /

Living in the face of death : the Tibetan tradition /

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Author / Creator:Mullin, Glenn H.
Imprint:Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, c1998.
Description:238 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Death -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Buddhism -- China -- Tibet.
Buddhism.
Death -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4219914
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Other uniform titles:Mullin, Glenn H. Death and dying.
ISBN:1559391006
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Death and dying. 1986.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Death and the Bodhisattva Trainings
  • Translator's Preamble
  • Death and the Bodhisattva Trainings
  • Chapter 2. Tibetan Traditions of Death Meditation
  • Translator's Preamble
  • Tibetan Traditions of Death Meditation
  • Chapter 3. A Conversation with an Old Man
  • Translator's Preamble
  • A Conversation with an Old Man
  • Chapter 4. The Death of Gye-Re Lama
  • Translator's Preamble
  • The Death of Gye-Re Lama
  • Chapter 5. Self-Liberation by Knowing the Signs of Death
  • Translator's Preamble
  • Self-Liberation by Knowing the Signs of Death
  • Chapter 6. The Longevity Yogas of the Bodhisattva of Life
  • Translator's Preamble
  • The Longevity Yogas of the Bodhisattva of Life
  • Chapter 7. The Yoga of Consciousness Transference
  • Translator's Preamble
  • The Yoga of Consciousness Transference
  • Chapter 8. A Ritual for Caring for the Dead
  • Translator's Preamble
  • A Ritual for Caring for the Dead
  • Translator's Preamble
  • Chapter 9. Meditations on the Ways of Impermanence
  • Meditations on the Ways of Impermanence
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography of Texts Translated
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • On Pilgrimage
  • Take the Next Train to Tibet
  • Counterclockwise Around the Jokhang
  • On Pilgrimage
  • Chomolungma, Goddess Mother of the World
  • Sky Burial
  • The Forbidden City
  • Arrest
  • Chinese National Day
  • Lhasa by Night
  • Sky Burial
  • What Do We Tell the Children?
  • Dharma and the Red Men
  • Return to Tibet
  • Why Are They Laughing?
  • Return to Tibet
  • Epilogue

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