Living And Dying With Peace And Joy with Tulku Thondup

MP3 Download Many of us are assisting aging parents through their final years, or have recently shepherded them through the dying process. The prospect of our own transition is no longer a vague notion too far distant to be of much concern. While our western culture tends to pay as little attention to death as possible, in the Buddhist tradition it is embraced and demystified. Tulku Thondup says that we are much more in charge of what happens than we might imagine, "When you die habits that you have created in your mind will regulate what will happen for you. If you are a very angry person throughout your life, after death the anger will manifest into an unhealthy environment for you. If you are a kind, helpful person, then the whole situation will arise into [what] we call a Buddha paradise. We should be happy about that. It is not somebody else's judgment, but our own choice." The wisdom he offers in this dialogue, and the peace that comes through his gentle words, lead us to a great