How to face death without fear. Session 1a

Venerable Robina Courtin teaches on Lama Zopa Rinpoche's book, How to Face Death Without Fear (https://bit.ly/KLZR_DeathWithoutFear​).

How to Face Death Without Fear is a collection of Rinpoche's teachings on how to think about death and reincarnation, how to help our loved ones at the time of death (including our pets) and how to prepare for our own death.

Venerable Robina edited the collection, and as she explains in the preface: "Because for most of us death is a difficult thing to come to terms with—our loved one’s or our own—working out which practices to do can be daunting. Therefore Rinpoche’s actual advice, the things to do—contained in parts 3, 4, and 5, the heart of the book—have been identified as eighty-seven distinct practices, numbered and structured chronologically to help us know what to do when.”

Links related to video:

How to Face Death Without Fear book: https://bit.ly/KLZR_DeathWithoutFear​

Heart Spoon prayer by Pabongka Rinpoche: https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/hea...​

Prayer to be reborn in the land of bliss by Lama Tsongkhapa: http://bit.ly/LandOfBlissPrayer​

Mantras for Animals playlist on Spotify: http://bit.ly/MantrasForAnimals​

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Death is not fearful (9:36​)

The bottom line is to help the person who is dying become peaceful (18:39​)

Death is definite...Imagine you have a flight at the end of the day (30:20​)

Wake up call! Heart spoon (46:24​)

What does it mean to not waste your life? What does it mean to live a good life? The view of karma; self creation (54:00​)

Q: "You say "dying in a Pure Land ... be in bliss." But aa I am on the Bodhisattva path how do you prevent this or return to Samarsa? I want to RETURN and free all sentient beings from samsara and ONLY then can I rest in peace! " (1:00:12​)

How to create a conducive environment for a dying person (1:11:23​)