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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
The Moment of Death refers to one of the topics for mind-training (in Tibetan: lojong) forming part of the Eight Sessions Mind Training.—Cf. the “Succinct Notes on the Eight Sessions Mind Training”—an instructional text on mind training (lojong) in the form of notes based on teachings given by Könchok Tenpa Rabgye (1801–1866)—one of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s masters from the Geluk tradition.—Accordingly, [Mind Training as an Instruction for the Moment of Death]: According to this teaching, when you approach death, you should make a final offering of all your possessions, large and small. By means of various practices such as the seven-limb practice , and in particular by offering your own body, you should sever your clinging. Then, make the following supplication: “Bless me so that I may not forget the mind training during the four situations when it is most likely to be forgotten—(1) during the moment of death, (2) during the intermediate state, (3) in the mother’s womb, and (4) in the next life. Bless me so that I may not lose my mind training in the four situations when it is most likely to be lost—when suffering harm caused by (1) humans, (2) non-humans, (3) an illness, and (4) when strong afflictions arise. Grant your blessings so that the notion of mind training newly arises where it has not yet arisen and that it grows stronger and stronger where it has already taken root.” First make this supplication and then practice loving kindness and compassion through giving and taking. Thus you will face the moment of your death in a state of being perfectly accustomed to the two aspects of bodhicitta.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Catusacca Dipani (by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw)
Crowded In Avici Hell < [Part I - The Manual Of The Four Noble Truths]
Brahma Sutras (Govinda Bhashya) (by Kusakratha das Brahmacari)
Sūtra 4.4.16 < [Adhyaya 4, Pada 4]
Sūtra 3.4.52 < [Adhyaya 3, Pada 4]
Sūtra 2.3.18 < [Adhyaya 2, Pada 3]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
IV, 1, 12 < [Fourth Adhyāya, First Pāda]
II, 4, 7 < [Second Adhyāya, Fourth Pāda]
Third Adhyāya < [Introduction]
Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1899 < [Chapter 22 - Lokāyata—Materialism]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 249 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
A House on Fire (by Stephen L. Klick)