Essence of the Mahayana Teachings
author: Khenpo Samdup
edition: 2015, Majnu ka Tila
pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780986446016
Topic: Mahayana
2.1 - Meditation on Death and Impermanence
This page describes Meditation on Death and Impermanence which is part 2.1 located on page 30 in the book: Essence of the Mahayana Teachings by Khenpo Samdup. This book is a commentary on Jigten Sumgon’s Lam Rim text and contains the summarized essence of the Buddha’s teachings contained within the Sutras and Tantras. It is part of the series “abandoning the faults of the vessel”. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Meditation on Death and Impermanence” according to 236 books dealing with Buddhism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Dhammapada (Illustrated) [by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero]
Impermanence implies that all forms of existences end up in decay and death. With the exception of Nibbana, this applies to all phenomena. Whoever constantly keeps in mind the fact that he would someday be subjected to death and that death is inevitable, would be eager to fulfil his duties to his fellow men before death, and this would certainly make him heedful in respect of this world and the next....
Read full contents: Verse 277-279 - The Story of Five Hundred Monks
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra [by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön]
When the first signs of death appear, in the time it takes to say it, one is dead already. The body swells up, putrefies, breaks apart, is scattered and everything changes; this is impermanence, anityata, [the first of the ten notions]. [218a] 2. One was attached to this body but when impermanence has destroyed it, it is duhkha, suffering, [the second of the ten notions]. 3....
Read full contents: III. Connection between the Nine and the Ten Notions
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) [by Dr Kala Acharya]
The realization of impermanence is a deep insight into oneself and the world around. From the experiential realization that all things ate impermanence, comes the deepest empathy possible; a feeling of kinship with all beings who suffer alike from the pain aroused by the illusion of separate self; a feeling of fellowship with all beings who yearn for liberation from the agony of unwelcome union, pain of separation, dissolution and death....
Read full contents: 1.8. The Practice of Bojjhanga
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[Essence of the Mahayana Teachings: index]
[About the author (Khenpo Samdup)]
[Introduction]