The Sacred Art of Dying: How World Religions Understand DeathExamines how each of the major religions looks at death by including stories, teachings, and rituals that present a comparative religious meaning of death and afterlife. Written in textbook style with journal exercises at the end of each chapter. + |
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... Ivan Ilych It began inauspiciously when Betty Maltz went on a vacation with her family near Clearwater , Florida . In hindsight , she describes herself at that time as a person who was stuck within biased , prejudicial , status ...
... Ivan Ilych It began inauspiciously when Betty Maltz went on a vacation with her family near Clearwater , Florida . In hindsight , she describes herself at that time as a person who was stuck within biased , prejudicial , status ...
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... Ivan llych ( 1886 ) . Tolstoy narrated his answer . The story begins with an obituary in the local " Gazette " which an- nounces that the main character , Ivan llych , has died , and with responses to his death by family , friends and ...
... Ivan llych ( 1886 ) . Tolstoy narrated his answer . The story begins with an obituary in the local " Gazette " which an- nounces that the main character , Ivan llych , has died , and with responses to his death by family , friends and ...
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... Ivan's legs , both pities him and does not lie to him . When the minor pain in his side progresses to a foul taste in his mouth and constant , debilitating pain , when he finally realizes that the doctors are lying when they tell him he ...
... Ivan's legs , both pities him and does not lie to him . When the minor pain in his side progresses to a foul taste in his mouth and constant , debilitating pain , when he finally realizes that the doctors are lying when they tell him he ...
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... Ivan begins to experience a major shift in his attitude toward dying when one day he comes face - to - face with the ... Ivan replies . " To live ? How ? " his soul asks . Ivan answers : " As I used to — well and pleasantly . " When Ivan ...
... Ivan begins to experience a major shift in his attitude toward dying when one day he comes face - to - face with the ... Ivan replies . " To live ? How ? " his soul asks . Ivan answers : " As I used to — well and pleasantly . " When Ivan ...
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... Ivan's final realization : In place of death there was light . " So that's what it is ! " he suddenly exclaimed aloud . " What joy ! " To him all this happened in a single instant , and the meaning of that instant did not change . For ...
... Ivan's final realization : In place of death there was light . " So that's what it is ! " he suddenly exclaimed aloud . " What joy ! " To him all this happened in a single instant , and the meaning of that instant did not change . For ...
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Abraham afterlife alive Allah answer Arjuna art of dying asked Atman attitude toward death awakening bardo become beginning birth Bodhidharma body Book breath Buber Buddha Buddhist called Chapter Chinese Christ Christian Chuang Tzu confession consciousness created creation D.T. Suzuki dead death and dying Death Ritual deathless died disciple dying person earth Egyptian emptiness Enkidu enter Epic of Gilgamesh Eros ESTRAGON eternal experience face father fear of death feel Frankl Gilgamesh God's heaven Hindu Hui Neng human immortality Isaac Ivan Jesus jiva JOURNAL EXERCISES karma karmic Krishna Lao Tzu liberated live Lord meditation mind monk mother Nachiketas nirvana one's Osiris physical death practice prayer present Psyche question Qur'an realization rebirth reborn reincarnation resurrection sacred art sacred traditions sacrifice Socrates soul spiritual death story suffering Sutra teaching tells Tibetan tradition tree Utnapishtim VLADIMIR Wakan tanka words Yama yoga York
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Page 148 - I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Page 171 - How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them ? Every part of this earth is sacred to my people.
Page 49 - Enough, Ananda! Do not let yourself be troubled ; do not weep! Have I not already, on former occasions, told you that it is in the very nature of all things most near and dear unto us that we must divide ourselves from them, leave them, sever ourselves from them ? How, then...
Page 21 - Astride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the gravedigger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries.
Page 124 - We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Page 179 - Does it not apply rather to the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and the beasts of the field...
Page 20 - Then all the dogs came running And dug the dog a tomb And wrote upon the tombstone For the eyes of dogs to come: A dog came in the kitchen And stole a crust of bread.
Page 23 - Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?
Page 81 - There was something formless yet complete, That existed before heaven and earth; Without sound, without substance, Dependent on nothing, unchanging, All pervading, unfailing. One may think of it as the mother of all things under heaven. Its true name we do not know; 'Tao' is the by-name that we give it.
Page 65 - Here, O Sariputra, form is emptiness, and the very emptiness is form; emptiness does not differ from form, form does not differ from emptiness; whatever is form, that is emptiness, whatever is emptiness, that is form. The same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses, and consciousness.