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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...
ReadVenerable 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...
ReadWhen 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...
ReadThe 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 ...
ReadHow 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...
ReadOffering 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...
ReadEnd-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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