Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Rinpoche discusses the shortcomings of samara in this excerpt from Kopan Course No. 40, 2007.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that the best way to help others prepare for death is by offering guidance when they have the capacity to understand and put Dharma into practice.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Brisbane, Australia
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of providing support for people who are dying, so they can die with a happy and peaceful mind, free from fear and negative emotions.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
A teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on impermanence and death, excerpted from the 26th Kopan Course.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Russia and the Netherlands
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the death process and explains the signs which indicate that the consciousness has left the body. Rinpoche draws on his own experiences of seeing the deceased and gives a detailed account of Lama Yeshe's passing and cremation.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Death and Rebirth
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
In this teaching excerpt Lama Yeshe discusses death and rebirth in various realms of cyclic existence.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Stockholm, Sweden
A public lecture on the death process, the intermediate state and rebirth, given by Lama Yeshe in Sweden on September 8, 1983.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Death and Rebirth
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Geneva, Switzerland
This multimedia series presents chapters from the LYWA book Life, Death and After Death in a format that includes written teachings enhanced by audio, video and images.
Chapters:
Life, Death and After Death Multimedia: About the Series •
Finding Peace in Everyday Life •
The Nature of the Mind •
The Death Process •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
A teaching on impermanence at the Seventh Kopan Meditation Course, November, 1974.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Teachings by Lama Yeshe on impermance and death, adapted by T. Y. Alexander
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lincoln, MA
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches via live stream to students in Singapore and around the world.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1975
Life finishes quickly, like autumn clouds or lightning in the sky
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in London, 1982 and Geneva, 1983.
Teachings by Lama Yeshe on death, intermediate state and rebirth, and an introductory talk by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on cultivating a peaceful mind.
Chapters:
Life, Death and After Death •
Life, Death and After Death: Editor's Preface •
Chapter 1. Finding Peace in Everyday Life: Lama Zopa Rinpoche •
Chapter 2. Why We Should Understand the Death Process •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1981
Death is definite and this precious human body is more valuable than a mountain of diamonds.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976
Meditation on impermanence and death is a powerful method to protect us from the delusions.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
