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Tradition10 min

Monk Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult Diseases — Chapter 4: The Conclusion of Near-Death Experiences

Suffering as Cure. Near-death experiences are the subjective accounts given, under the shadow of death, by people who suffered severe trauma or illness and unexpectedly recovered, and by people caught in potentially devastating situation...

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Death9 min

Venerable Da'an's Collected Dharma Talks: End-of-Life Care

When the eighth consciousness departs at the moment of death, the suffering is unbearable. Most people cling to life and fear death, unwilling to leave this world and wishing to live a few more days, yet they have no choice but to go. Th...

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Pure Land3 min

When Is the Best Time Window for End-of-Life Assisted Chanting?

Master, please give us guidance: what is the best time window for end-of-life assisted chanting? Some family members see that the patient’s organs are still functioning and are unwilling to cease life-saving treatment, which causes the p...

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Mind3 min

The final thought at the moment of death, deliberately strengthened, determines your afterlife destination

Many classic treatises emphasize the final thought at the moment of death. In the nine grades of rebirth, the ultimate focus always returns to the time of passing: the dominant condition that determines our afterlife destination is this ...

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Mind3 min

How to Tell If You Are Abiding in the Mind of Birth and Death or the Mind Beyond Birth and Death

Ananda addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honored One! I have been blessed with the Tathagata’s supreme compassionate teachings, and my mind has now opened and awakened. I know that through my own practice and realization, I can attain...

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Tradition3 min

Offering Vegetarian Meals to Monks on Behalf of the Deceased

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva further told the elder that, for beings burdened with such karmic offenses, there remains one more way their family members can help them after their passing: offering vegetarian meals on their behalf. Offering ve...

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Mind6 min

End-of-Life Mindfulness Has Two Key Points

I believe end-of-life mindfulness has two key points: first, you must learn to recite the Buddha’s name properly. Reciting the Buddha’s name is the foundational practice, whether you are at home or in the intensive care unit. The very fi...

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