Part of tag cluster Death in key topic The Human Dillema
Also a subtag of Mindfulness of body
45 excerpts, 3:22:18 total duration
2. Attending to what we feel obstructed by nourishes ill-will. (SN 46.51) Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ill-will] [Hindrances] // [Divine Abidings] [Discernment]
Story: A monk with an aversive temperament worsens it with repeated asuba and death contemplation. [Aversion] [Unattractiveness] [Recollection/Death] [Idealism] [Goodwill]
2. Story: Larry Rosenberg watches a 1938 film and realizes that the actors, directors, and producers are all dead. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Larry Rosenberg] [Artistic expression] [Recollection/Death] [Dispassion]
5. Story: A group of Thai villagers are afraid to dig up their dead in order to conduct funeral rites. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Funerals] [Fear] [Death] [Recollection/Death] [Dispassion] // [Ajahn Pasanno] [Dtao Dum]
6. Story: A Thai monastery turns into a makeshift morgue after the 2005 tsunami. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Death] [Disasters] [Recollection/Death] [Dispassion]
2. Recollections of visiting the morgue in Thailand. Recounted by Debbie Stamp. [Recollection/Death]
8. “What chants would you recommend as suitable to use for patients who may be in hospice or close to death? Can Buddhist monks give last rites?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Death] [Chanting] [Ceremony/ritual] // [Goodwill] [Three Refuges] [Protective chants] [Culture/Thailand] [Buddho mantra] [Recollection/Saṅgha]
Story: Ajahn Chah requests an army truck to pick up Por Puang’s body. [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Pah Pong] [Contentment] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support] [Recollection/Death]
Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 662.
14. “What are your thoughts about maintaining a practice you’re at the bedside of someone actively passing away?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sickness] [Death ] // [Listening] [Fear] [Personal presence] [Intuition]
Story: Ram Dass anxiously tries to guide his stepmother through the dying process. [Ram Dass] [Teaching Dhamma] [Restlessness and worry] [Mindfulness of mind] [Recollection/Death]
3. Recollection of the deaths of key Abhayagiri contributors. Recounted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Death] [Lay supporters] [Abhayagiri] // [Recollection/Death] [Generosity]