Noble Dying: Active Dying Archives

Awareness and Vigiling at the Bedside

Jul 15, 2021

Vigiling with those who are dying is being present at the bedside during the final hours of a person’s life. To sit vigil is to sit and keep compassionate awareness and a...

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Conversation with Phakchok Rinpoche on Prayer and Phowa

Jan 30, 2020

Phakchok Rinpoche discusses the benefits of prayer with the Noble Living, Noble Caring, Noble Dying Team. In this conversation in New York, he explains the types of practices that are best to...

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Buddhist Reading on Dying and Care-Giving

Jan 29, 2020

We’re often asked for suggestions for Buddhist reading on dying and care-giving. These books generally reflect a Buddhist perspective and provide detailed discussions of many of the points we cover in our...

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Conversation: What’s Happening at Death?

Jan 28, 2020

Our Samye Insitute team continued the conversation at Gomde Cooperstown about the process of death. Here, Tulku Migmar discusses the signs of death—the actual physical dissolution of the body as it is...

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