Death and Impermanence
Contemplating death to motivate urgent practice.
Death is certain but its time is unknown. Dharma alone can help at death. These reflections create urgency and help prioritize what truly matters.
Death can come at any time; are you prepared?
Death awareness is considered the supreme meditation.
Lam Rim Texts
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- What Tibetan Buddhism says about grief
The Lam Rim contemplation is blunt: death is certain, its hour unknown, and dharma alone helps at the end. It is aimed squarely at the living, which means a Tibetan practitioner is meant to have rehearsed this grief long before it arrives.