Books on Death & Dying
Sep 18th, 2008 by admin
Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality
Judith L. Lief
A down-to-earth guide to the various issues surrounding death. The first section is entitled “Cultivating a personal awareness of death.” Many analogies and examples that we can all relate to are given about our views of the subject. Simple exercises at the end of each chapter give the reader a chance to illuminate his or her views.
Living in the Light of Death
Larry Rosenberg
Rosenberg takes an honest look at what happens to people who will lose the fight–a group that, in the final analysis, includes everyone.
Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die: Death Stories of Tibetan, Hindu & Zen Masters
Sushila Blackman
108 stories recounting the ways in which Hindu, Tibetan, and Zen Buddhist masters, both ancient and modern, have confronted their own deaths. By directly presenting the grace, clarity, and even humor with which great spiritual teachers have met the end of their days.
Being With Dying
Joan Halifax Roshi (Sounds True)
the Being with Dying audio learning course combines Eastern and Western psychology, philosophy, and contemplative practices from many spiritual traditions. This innovative, hands-on approach has taught medical professionals, social workers, clergy, community activists, and spiritual seekers an elegant path for taking the fear out of the dying experience.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo
Francesca Fremantle (Shambhala - 1998)
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche
Death and the Art of Dying in Tibetan Buddhism
Bokar Rinpoche
Lessons From the Dying by Rodney Smith
Mind Beyond Death by Dzogchen Ponlop