Diana wrote: "My father is actively dying, and is restless, combative and cursing, and it seems he is going to go out this way. He has never been able to talk...
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Elizabeth
eam@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:03 pm
Dear Diana, I am sorry to hear about your father. thinking of my own dad and the way he kicks and screams in his denial of growing "old" and great denial of...
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Merritt, Lu
lu.merritt@...
Jan 4, 2001 4:51 pm
Hi Diana. You & your father & family are in my thoughts & prayers. What you are going through is very difficult, but I do agree with Sylva that deaths can...
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phillida.hayward@...
Jan 4, 2001 8:38 pm
I thought Lu's post was very good, and the advice there excellent with some very good ideas. What I did wonder was (and it is not a criticism) was how ...
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Skip Leeds
skip@...
Jan 4, 2001 9:46 pm
My understanding is that the medications may indeed dull the mind, possibly increasing confusion in the bardos -- there's some mention of that in Sogyal...
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phillida.hayward@...
Jan 4, 2001 10:00 pm
Thanks Skip this was most helpful. But, I do not know the Medicine Buddha practice as I have not received any empowerments, and although I have the text...
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Merritt, Lu
lu.merritt@...
Jan 4, 2001 10:21 pm
Phillida wrote: "What I did wonder was (and it is not a criticism) was how tranquilizers affect a person in the approaching Bardo of death . . . do they...
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Henrik Clausen
henrikc@...
Jan 4, 2001 11:56 pm
On _: tid og dato sat sammen ... A hard one... One very useful things is to mentally finish off everything undone or harmful in his life. If possible he could...
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lobster
lobster@...
Jan 5, 2001 12:46 am
... Tranquilisers often work on the physicality of the mind not the essence. During the process of shutting down of the various sense gates, the tranquility of...
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Skip Leeds
skip@...
Jan 5, 2001 4:35 am
Yes, the mantra, or even the name of the Medicine Buddha (Sangye Menla, or Bhaisajyaguru), is beneficial. In the sutras, it is said that even hearing the name...
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Sylva Simsova
simsova@...
Jan 5, 2001 9:50 am
Have you seen this? Brown, Mick. Dream of freedom fades for boy Buddha. Daily Telegraph, 4.1.2001 p.15 -- Sylva Simsova...
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phillida.hayward@...
Jan 5, 2001 11:16 am
Sylva, it is worrying to hear about HH Karmapa's deterioration in health. The conditions he is living under are very stifling and unhealthy. Is there a prayer...
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Kate McDonnell
kmcd@...
Jan 5, 2001 11:42 am
... Available on the web at http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=004105112354024&rtmo=VDJJr3DK&atmo=rrrrrrrq& pg=/et/01/1/4/wbud04.html just fyi kate...
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Christopher & Rosemar...
chrissim@...
Jan 5, 2001 11:52 am
Phillida wrote: "What I did wonder was (and it is not a criticism) was how tranquilizers affect a person in the approaching Bardo of death . . . do they...
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Richard E Menninger
rmenninger@...
Jan 5, 2001 4:00 pm
... Another reference on this is "Torch of Certainty." The quote is in Chapter 3, which covers the second of the four special foundations (ngondro), which is...
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Sylva Simsova
simsova@...
Jan 5, 2001 7:56 pm
In article <000a01c07708$e6e3b3e0$96b068d5@customer>, phillida.hayward@... writes ... It must be very difficult for him, but he has the inner resource...
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Tom
Jigmed_Kunzang@...
Jan 5, 2001 8:28 pm
Thanks Kate for the link. I tried to use it, and was not able to find the article. I'd like to, so if anyone has either the text of the article, or perhaps ...
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Kate McDonnell
kmcd@...
Jan 5, 2001 8:44 pm
... There are several long-life prayers for the 17th Karmapa. They're in KTD's general prayer book, and must be available elsewhere. Don't forget that there...
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Kate McDonnell
kmcd@...
Jan 5, 2001 8:50 pm
... The URL gets broken by the egroups software, I think. You need to cut and paste the whole URL into your browser, making sure it gets to the last "html". ...
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Bhikkhu Dhammapiyo
dhammapiyo@...
Jan 5, 2001 9:56 pm
His Holiness the Dalai Lama said... It is helpful to learn about the advantages of doing death meditation and the disadvantages of ignoring it. First, it is...
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Jen108@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:06 pm
Rosemary wrote << Smoking the leaves does not leave one lucid, >> And I have to disagree with that statement. How are you defining lucid? Jen...
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kirtu@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:43 pm
Although I appreciate the Indian's for providing asylum for Tibetans, but the physical situation the Karmapa finds himself in is intollerable. Perhaps there...
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Merritt, Lu
lu.merritt@...
Jan 5, 2001 11:10 pm
People who are having trouble linking to the latest article might have better luck by simply going to the Nalandabodhi page and trying the links from there... ...
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Richard E Menninger
rmenninger@...
Jan 5, 2001 11:12 pm
... It is curious that they treat the nirmanakaya of a buddha this way. It sure is creating interesting karma and karmic ties for those involved. When the...
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lobster
lobster@...
Jan 6, 2001 6:13 am
Dear Friends, Thank you so much for this teaching of the Dalai Lamas. Obsessive concern with death would seem to be as counterproductive to spiritual awareness...
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Henrik Ręder Clausen
henrikc@...
Jan 6, 2001 9:38 am
Hello Diana and friends One thing I believe could be very helpful is if you could persuade the dying person to make good wishes for others - this generally...
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Skip Leeds
skip@...
Jan 6, 2001 3:00 pm
Yes, this is a highly subjective thing. Varies a lot with the individual. I personally can't do the stuff - makes me paranoid and weird and unable to do long...
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Skip Leeds
skip@...
Jan 6, 2001 3:04 pm
Excellent, Bhante. I believe HHDL has said that he does the death/impermanence *every day*, along with his other practices (apparently, he gets up at 3 AM, and...
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Silvia Brandmeier
silbran@...
Jan 6, 2001 4:57 pm
Dear friends, recently I found some new articles on the Karmapa-Issue-Website. One of the articles ("Response to Terry Sullivan's following letter to the...
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Michael McLoughlin
michael_mcloughlin@...
Jan 6, 2001 7:49 pm
Dear Silvia, I saw Living Buddha quite a while back but remember the scene where Karmapa is watching the video of his predecessor, how his reaction can be...
