Advice on dying : and living a better life

"Everyone dies, but no one is dead," goes the Tibetan saying. It is with these words that "Advice on Dying" takes flight. Using a seventeenth-century poem written by a prominent scholar-practitioner, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience in life when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm (Shakespeare's "little death"). The stages are described so vividly that we can imagine the process of traveling deeper into the mind, on the ultimate journey of transformation. In this way, His Holiness shows us how to prepare for that time and, in doing so, how to enrich our time on earth, die without fear or upset, and influence the stage between this life and the next so that we may gain the best possible incarnation. As always, the ultimate goal is to advance along the path to enlightenment. "Advice on Dying" is an essential tool for attaining that eternal bliss. Join His Holiness the Dalai Lama on a spiritual journey as he shares the ways in which active contemplation of the deep nature of the mind -- clear light -- and its manifestation throughout our life and at death can reveal to us how to live realistically and meaningfully. Tapping this profound inner clarity, we are fully able to appreciate and enjoy our precious time while alive and advance on the path to enlightenment. Here, in "Mind of Clear Light", this powerful life journey can begin. -- From publisher's description ""Everyone dies, but no one is dead," goes the Tibetan saying. It is with these words that Advice on Dying takes flight. Using a seventeenth-century poem written by a prominent scholar-practitioner, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience in life when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm (Shakespeare's "little death")."--BOOK JACKET. This revelatory volume shows readers how to confront death--along with inevitable currents of life--with a deep-seated preparedness built on virtue, focus, and inner strength His Holiness The Dalai Lama ; Translated And Edited By Jeffrey Hopkins. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 239-240). It is crucial to be mindful of death-to contemplate that you will not remain long in this life.