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Current and previously featured books
Tulku Thondup. Another healing treasure from Tulku Thondup: a clear, complete and
compassionate guide-book to the journey through life, dying, death
and beyond. Accessible and authentic as always, he brings to the
ancient Buddhist teachings his deep and gentle understanding of the
modern world. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, including
the Tibetan near-death experiences, he shows to what extent the
quality of our life, death and rebirth all depend upon the mind.
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Ken Jones. A thoughtful booklet on how we view ageing in our
modern Western consumer oriented culture--at a time when the best
of life is behind us and now we must enjoy the so-called compensations
of old age, which are seen in a patronizing or sentimental light. The
author sets against this the Buddhist perspective that ageing is the
culminating adventure of life and that our earlier years are simply a
preparation for this.
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Gehlek Rinpoche. Using everyday language, Gehlek Rimpoche
introduces basic Buddhist concepts of cause and effect, or karma,
and rebirth. With with a clear understanding of these principles we can
transform ourselves into wise and loving beings, and, at the
moment of death, work with our pure nature to become enlightened.
An incarnate lama and respected teacher, Rimpoche is founder and
president of the Jewel Heart Buddhist humanitarian organization.
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Tulku Thondup. In this inspiring book, Thondup demonstrates that
the key to healing is reconnecting again and again with positive images,
words, and feelings and trusting in their efficacy. He gives
visualizations and meditation practices which can be done to promote
good health and healing. Buddhist teacher and scholar Tulku Thondup has
written a number of other books including The Healing Power of Mind.
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Judith Lief. In this honest and direct examination of our relationship to
death (and life), Lief encourages us not try and smooth death over, but to strip
away any sense of phoniness or unnaturalness which can hinder our ability to be
present with the dying. A long-time student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
the author is a well-known teacher in the Buddhist and Shambhala traditions.
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Karen Kissel Wegela. The premise of this book is that the most valuable help we
can give to another begins with developing our ability to simply be. Without the
ability to be present with another who is in pain, no techniques or
approaches will be effective. When we really are present with someone who
is in pain, we usually begin to feel pain ourselves.
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Pema Chödrön. Originally published in 1997 and released in paperback in
October 2000, this wonderful book written by Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher
Pema Chödrön is especially helpful for caregivers. It shows how we
can confront painful situations instead of avoiding them and find trust and love
within ourselves. An absolute must for when things fall apart and we need
simplicity and directness. Shambhala, 1997.
Available from Amazon in
France,
UK,
USA.
Dr. Joanne Lynn. A treasury of practical information on illness and
dying and death, mixed with poetry, inspiration, stories, check lists and
even samples of how to communicate to family members or doctors.
Well-researched and up to date, the handbook should be required reading for
carers of those dealing with end-of-life issues.
Oxford University Press, 1999. Available from Amazon in
UK,
USA.
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