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tvod
Title: tvod
Category: History
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tvod
Tibetan Perspectives on Death and Dying
point of transformation. It is understood as a gap between familiar boundaries through which
is gained a glimpse of the true nature of Reality. By fully recognizing this ultimate nature, the
deceased is capable of breaking the afflictive cycle of rebirth (samsara) and achieving final
liberation, Buddhahood. Much of an advanced practitioner's meditative training is designed to
meet this transformative moment, but in most ordinary cases, the deceased is …showed first 75 words of 259 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 259 total…learned and experienced in life, while at the same time, family members
and friends receive spiritual teachings that will improve and enrich their present lives. In this
way, the bardo literature offers not only a method of guidance, but also a varied program for an
array of performance styles, involving liturgy, ritual offering, prayer, and scripture recitation, all
operating as an integrated whole to insure a positive destiny for the living and the dead.
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