All Blog Posts Tagged 'death' (8)

(« Maitreya the Conqueror » by Nicholas Roerich)

I read the The Tibetan Book of the Dead twice. I started with a French…

(« Akshobhya Buddha » by VanemTao)

The last section of « Between Worlds » is entitled « Determination » and is intended to depict the intermediate state of rebirth, known as the « sidpa bardo, » the…

(« The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya » - Unknown Artist)

« The Dance Of The Archetypes » culminates with an encounter with the Lord Of Death, a fearsome demonic deity appearing in smoke and fire, who…

(« Dance of the Lord of Death » by Jean-Marie Hullot)

« Dissolution » is a very short section which represents the moment of physical death itself. It corresponds to the first « between world, » or first bardo…

(« Buddha painted on a rock wall in Tibet » by Unknown Artist - photography by onwardtibet.org)

« Between Worlds » is a suite in five movements that started as a song entitled « Requiem » which was written in response to the deaths of my father and…

Synopsis: Most of people have discovered the art of living life happily and are indulging into it. But sadly they have overlooked its repercussions in afterlife and therefore have not equipped themselves for it.

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We all must have heard a story / folk tale – One learned man while crossing a river in a boat was showing off his knowledge to a boatman. The learned man said to the boatman that you have not studied and are uneducated, therefore…

Synopsis:  The article focus in comparing the road of illusion with the road that leads towards Almighty GOD. 

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The Highway connecting the cities consists of two roads. One is the ‘To’ road while the other is the ‘Fro’ road. Vehicles ply To and Fro in opposite direction. There is a road cut after every 15 - 20 kilometers from where we can change / reverse the direction of our vehicles.

Similarly in human life…

It is when some painful tragedy strikes that my problems with God begin It happened on Saturday night. The husband of a colleague met with a car accident. He died on the spot. As the news reached me, I slipped into a state of uneasy silence. The lady who works with me has two teenaged children. Did she deserve it? Does anyone deserve it? What about the kids who will grow up without a father? Why did the gentleman have to die in…