The Death Process - Lama Yeshe

[@garypuckettmuse]

Wow, thank you to the LYWA for maintaining this for everyone. Huge blessing to the world to just push a button and access the brilliance and humanity of this wonderful teacher. My prayer would be that many more people see this.

[@maggieworboys7113]

blessed Lama Yeshe touched me with joy and laughter

[@GonG108]

i bow down to this wise man and also i bow down to his new body called lama Ösel ( he was reborn and got recognized as Lama Yeshe ) . great great respect and empathy he is a honor for us all who follow Buddha´s steps ( if we are able to do so and do it ) . Prostrates to you Lama Y>she and to your new body called lama Ösel , may you live as long as you wish and may you bless us all with your wisdom , i specially thank you for your Boddhisatva oath ( to come back as long as it takes to liberate all sentient beings ) for this i thank you in a very special way with the greatest respect , i am honored to be able to listen to your teachings thanks to the internet . Lama Yeshe / ösel may you be a shining light in our sangha and lead us the right way , i have a lot of trust in you , thank you very much for your compassion and loving kindness . maybe i will be blessed to see you personally in a body in real life , i would be very ( lol i would freak out but in a positive way , respect to you that´s all i can say ) , Namaste Lama may you be protected and a happy long life to teach us , thank you very very much

[@frankmex]

Así es, Así es, Así es.

[@PrimordialWisdom]

Thank you Lama Yeshe.

[@gnostie]

He speaks of death in such a way that one looks forward to it.

[@WaMo721]

😅

[@BudgieLuvsLulu]

Really enjoyed this teaching. Thank you.

[@etttlesaintfrusquin7]

Before doing the meditation thus described it is helpful to visualize Amitabha Buddha seated in space in front of you at the level of your forehead. He is ruby red in color and his entire body is made out of transparent, radiant light. In the actual powa practices he will be visualized above the crown of your head, but now at the preliminary stage it is permissible to see him in front of yourself facing you. You should begin your practice by taking Refuge in Amitabha and then visualize that radiant light energy comes from him down into your central channel and completely purifies you of all hindrances to the practice. This light especially purifies your indecisive mind and the grasping attitude with which you are attached to objects of the desire realm. Such purification is very useful and should be done extensively. By means of such purification visualization you slowly transform your gross physical body into one of radiant light. Once you have accomplished this transformation in your meditation it is much easier to visualize the central channel within your body. Meditating on the body as being transparent makes it easier to visualize the central channel and the blissful seed-syllable at your heart. This seed-syllable, or tig-le, should be seen as white in color, clear as crystal and with a slight reddish tint. This seed-syllable is a small radiant point of light, like a tiny star vibrating with a white radiance and having a reddish glow. Focus your concentration on this seed-syllable and then move it to the various centers as described above. As you move the seed-syllable up and down the central channel you should pause for a while in each of the centers. For example, when you reach the throat center you should stop there and send forth radiant light. Visualize that this light removes whatever blockages might be obstructing the throat center, thereby allowing energy to flow smoothly through the many minor channels that make up the throat chakra. This same type of purification visualization should be done at the other chakras as well. In order to strengthen your visualization of the central channel and the seed-syllable, you can do this visualization in conjunction with holding the vase breath. This technique will be discussed and practiced in more detail later. In brief, it entails bringing a long, slow breath down into the abdomen and then tightening the lower muscles of the pelvic floor (those involved in retaining urine, feces, etc.), and then, while holding this breath, focussing your attention on the seed-syllable at your heart. At the point where it is just becoming difficult to hold your breath any longer, you can breath out a long, slow exhalation through either your nostrils or your mouth. Holding the vase breath in this way helps your mind experience bliss and enhances your concentration. Breathing in deeply and tightening your lower muscles slightly causes the upper and lower energies to meet, and this meeting in turn produces a blissful feeling. If and when this experience arises you should let go of it; you need to learn to give up grasping at pleasure and not pay emotional attention to it. This is the true training of the mind and something we all need. Concerning the visualization of the central channel, you should choose a dimension that is comfortable for you. At this point in the practice, whether you visualize it as narrow as a pencil or as wide as your arm does not matter, but you should see it as wider at the top than the bottom. This practice of powa is not easy; it is not something completely unrelated to your individual karma. On the contrary, it has a lot to do with your karma. Therefore you should do the practice in a way that is most comfortable for you as an individual. In addition to the technical methods mentioned so far, there are other things you can do to enhance your practice. For instance, when you go to sleep tonight, feel that you are going to Amitabha's pure land. When you lie in your bed, think that your head is resting in Amitabha Buddha's lap. When you wake up in the morning you should feel that you are being roused from sleep by the sound of Amitabha's wisdom bell telling you it is time to arise. Then visualize that Amitabha himself sinks into you, and when you come to the next meditation session feel that you are again on your way to Amitabha's pure land. This way of thinking and practicing is very good-much better than our ordinary confused and nonsensical way of thinking and acting. So that is enough for this lecture. As always, we should finish with an attitude of dedication, dedicating all our energy to rebirth in the pure land of Amitabha's buddha field in order to benefit all mother sentient beings most quickly. Thank you. www.lamayeshe.com/article/powa-transference-consciousness-time-death

[@reginadegiovanni6685]

Thank you so much for the text

[@hellboundtruck123]

Better to this with guidance and under the wing of a dharma teacher 🙏🏼

[@kolkkopgasserbv3859]

Thank you very much!

[@listeningdeeply7007]

Thank you so much for sharing

[@davidcaceres1829]

Wonderful lecture ...thank you for sharing

[@Dan-tk5zs]

Rejoice. Thank you.

[@etttlesaintfrusquin7]

thank you

[@TheSpiritofEnlightenment]

Thank you so much 🥲 thank you so so much

[@the_earthway]

Be Clean Clear Light :-)

[@gendashwhy]

Luminosity!

[@mariedominguez9555]

🙏. Thank You 🙏

[@helenamaria710]

💗💗🙏🙏💖💖

[@MMeyer945]

🌈🙏🏻🌻

[@Starrichaldo]

🙏🙏🧡

[@tendisherpa4907]

🎇✨♥️

[@JuanHugeJanus]

What is the 80 superstitions?

[@LamaYesheWisdomArchive]

They are described in great detail beginning on p38 in Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism by Lati Rinpochay & Jeffrey Hopkins :)

[@lucaazeri1700]

ha'a …….