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Dharma Studies

#Practice #Psychology

What is Grief?

Grief refers to the emotions we experience around a loss.

By Samantha Black
dark water
#Buddhism #Traditions

Death: Transforming Obstacle into Opportunity

Death is one of the most precious experiences in life. It is literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

By Andrew Holecek
#Traditions

Taboo: On Mixing Life and Death

Is the ripping open and continuing destruction of the Earth’s life systems with all its extraordinary, abundant life forms, the price we are paying daily for not mixing death into all our seeing?

By Jean Gardner
#Traditions

Death, Acceptance, and Grace: The Opportunity for the Reconciliation of the Shadow in Dying and Bereavement

If it is true that we take with us from one life to the next all the unresolved issues around our relationship with ourselves, it is important to understand the dynamics in which we reject ourselves.

By
blue door
#Traditions #Yoga

Cheating Death

What to speak of death, even life is appreciated differently by people with varying values. Seers have stated that those who don’t pursue a spiritual goal are dead while living.

By Pr__ad_ Comtois
#Hinduism #Traditions #Yoga

BOOK REVIEW: Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care: Chaplaincy in Theory and Practice

Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care is a timely and important contribution to the field of chaplaincy, interfaith care, interreligious education, and Hindu life, particularly within diaspora

By Stephanie Corigliano
a decorative archway
#Practice #Traditions

Death Meditation as a Means to Realizing Life’s Purpose in Buddhism

In Buddhism, it is believed that a person’s state of mind at the moment of death can be more decisive than any virtuous deeds.

By Nadia Pandolfo
#Cultures #Traditions #Yoga

Killed by God: A Comparison of the Jaya-Vijaya Story with the Kabbalistic Concept of Gilgul

In this article, I will focus on the lengthy, convoluted, and symbolically weighty version of the Jaya, Vijaya, and Narasimha story that one can find in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, which I will henceforth refer to as the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.

By Patricia Tillman
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