How to Die Professionally II: Setting Your Internal Stage

Amitabha in Dewachen

After you have wrapped up all the loose ends that I talked about in my last blog post, it’s time to let this life go and focus on your practice and the dying process. As Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche puts it, β€œUnwillingness to let go of this life is the main cause […]

How to Die Professionally, Part I; the Outer Aspect of Setting the Stage

One of my main teachers, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, used to stress with us that we should develop an aspiration to die professionally. People have ribbed me about this title, because it might read as if dying is a new career opportunity. But, I think you get the drift. Rinpoche wanted us to approach the […]