5. Death & Rebirth

Explore the process of death and rebirth and its impact on how we live our lives. Learn to fulfill your purpose in life, resolve conflicts, and develop the skills to help yourself and others at death.

Understand life, death and rebirth and the nature of mind. Learn to use fear of death to overcome fear of death. Discover how to use the certainty and imminence of death to enhance your quality of life. Practice analytical and placement meditation. See how the entire path to enlightenment hangs together as a cohesive whole and where the teachings on impermanence and death, the first and last that the Buddha gave, fit in.

Module 5, Death and Rebirth Includes:

• Written Guidelines for how to proceed through the program. Download here.
• 6 teaching sessions on Death and rebirth
• 3 meditations
• Transcripts of the teachings, guided meditations, and DB Readings as PDF files
• Subject Area summary sheet for Death and rebirth Teacher outlining the topics covered, required readings and practices as well as suggested readings and practices
• Three day retreat outline
• Assessment questions
• Completion card

Required Reading (for those following this program for a certificate) for Module 5:

• Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand
• Mind of Clear Light – Advice on Living Well and Dying Consciously, by H. H. the Dalai Lama - Published by Atria Books

Suggested Readings for Module 5: 

• Spiritual Friends
• Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth