The Institute of Buddhist Studies provides graduate level education in the entirety of the Buddhist tradition with specialized instruction supporting Jodo Shinshu Buddhist ministry.
How a Buddhist Can Prepare for Death
retreat schedule:
| Date | Teaching | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 11/06/2012 | Preparation of Our Advance Care Directives | 22:25 | |
| Mon, 11/12/2012 | Conveying Our Wishes |
|
19:48 |
| Mon, 11/19/2012 | Do Not Waste Time |
|
22:57 |
| Mon, 11/26/2012 | Home Funeral Practices for Buddhists |
|
11:08 |
Each of us will enter the Painful Bardo of Dying and Death, some of us sooner than later. Why not prepare for this event now, while you still are able to do so? In this retreat, you will be offered practical tools to help plan this process, including completion of advance care directives, will and estate planning, death care options for Buddhists, and Tonglen, Nine Contemplations of Atisha, Essential Phowa Practice, and Dissolution of the Elements instruction.
If you allow yourself this opportunity to consider your own death with clarity, lovingkindness, compassion and tenderness, you will learn to move beyond—beyond fear, apprehension, and denial, and into an acceptance and understanding of the nature of impermanence. Your willingness to do this will be a gift to your loved ones, as you will then be able to leave them with the information they will need to continue their support when you cannot speak for yourself.
Retreat begins November 6, 2012.
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