Dying Well
Tibetan Buddhism has a vast range of practices to help us understand death and deal with it when it becomes
part of our lives, either the deaths of our family members, or loved
ones, or strangers, or animals we encounter, and of course, ultimately,
our own. Dying Well and helping others die well are two of the most
important things we can do in life, and far from being morbid,
understanding death, the death process and what we can do is
fascinating and liberating. The project is a chance to see
what can be done, and to become part of a group that is developing at
Jamyang as support to the community.
EMERGENCY
CARD
DYING
WELL FILES
RESOURCES
PRAYERS
EMERGENCY
CARD
This service iscurrently only available for subscribed
friends of Jamyang.
If you carry one of our new Emergency Cards and you are unfortunate enough
to be killed, seriously injured or have a life-threatening illness, the
finder of the card can contact Jamyang and we can do various spiritual
practices to help you through this critical time. Your name would be
immediately added to the dedication board and read out at the Friday
lunchtime puja and the merits dedicated to you. We also hope to have a
list of people who would be willing to say a prayer at home; Geshe
Tashi has recommended "The Prayer to be Reborn in the Land of Bliss" by
Lama Tsong Khapa, together with other practices which will be
available soon.
If you would like to apply for the
card please download
this form (PDF), print, complete it and return to Jamyang with a stamped address envelope.
If you are one of the few people who already have a card but have not
completed a form, would you please let the office know so that you can
be registered for the scheme.
THE DYING WELL FILES
These are now available in the Jamyang Office for consultation in the Centre.
They include spiritual and practical information to help us at and
around the time of death and include various prayers and practices,
advice from Lama Zopa, details of Buddhist funerals, woodland burials,
where to get an environmentally friendly coffin, hospices etc. etc.
There is also, thanks to the kindness of RIGPA, an
excellent article
which contains much valuable information. Did you know that you can
arrange a funeral yourself without engaging, at considerable cost, the
services of a funeral director - and how to go about it? Do you know
your legal rights regarding the disposal of bodies? You can find the
answers to these and many other questions.
These files are a
work-in-progress which will be added to from time to time. We do hope
you will find them useful.
RESOURCES
We are happy to introduce three additions to the Dying Well
Files.
Two FPMT books: Advice and Practices for Death &
Dying for the Benefit of Self & Others and Practicing the Five
Powers Near the Time of Death. Also some copies of a Liberation Card
for a dying person.
This beautiful 8" x 10"colour laminated card includes
images and mantras that merely by seeing help a dying person to purify
negative karma and be led to enlightenment. The front pictures 10
mantras and 10 images all especially chosen to benefit someone at the
time of death. On the back of the card is a moving letter by Lama Zopa
Rinpoche to assist the dying person at this most critical time.
These cards are available for loan in time of need, but should be returned to Jamyang so other people can use them. The books
are for use in the Centre.We hope these items will be useful. If you
would like to
purchase any of the above you can do online at the Foundation Store:www.fpmt.org/shop
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