Death
From LabelingThoughts
Death in Shambhala is generally discussed in a Buddhist framing, that it is a transition point from life to entering the bardo and then eventually to a subsequent rebirth. Other terms closely related to death are sukhavati and parinirvana, the former referring to both the funeral ceremony traditionally performed in Shambhala and the latter used to denote the death of a realized teachers.
Meditating upon the reality of our mortality is a common contemplative practice and theme within Buddhism. The contemplation of the four reminders is an example of this.
Joking about one's mortality is a common albeit morbid sense of humor in Shambhala, sometimes startling to non-practitioners.
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Anecdotes
- According to one practitioner, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche walked into the kitchen at RMDC one summer when the flies were rather bad and saw many dead on fly paper and he ordered all the fly paper taken down, saying "Too much death."
Further reading
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham, Sakyong (1999) 1999 Seminary Transcripts Book 2
- pages 33-34, 75, 80, 89, 137, 150, 178
Mipham, Sakyong (2000) 2000 Seminary Transcripts Book 2
- pages 44, 72
- page 46
- near-death experience,
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Trungpa, Chögyam (1974) 1974 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- pages 82-83
Trungpa, Chögyam (1975) 1975 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- pages 94-96, 42, 48-9, 52-59, 56, 124
Trungpa, Chögyam (1976) The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
- pages 8, 9
Trungpa, Chögyam (1978) 1978 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 42, 44, 48
Trungpa, Chögyam (1979) 1979 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 114, 116-122, 131
Trungpa, Chögyam (1983) 1983 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 20, 50
- fear of
Trungpa, Chögyam (1984) 1984 Seminary Transcripts
- page 9
Trungpa, Chögyam (1988) Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior
- pages 47-48, 55-56
- fear of,
Trungpa, Chögyam (2002) Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
- pages 8, 112, 142, 143;
- page 134
- awareness of,
Other authors
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (2003) Ascertaining Certainty about the View
- pages 1, 19, 24, 171, 172
