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“Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die” by Sushila Blackman
A collection of death stories of Hindu, Tibetan, Buddhist, and Zen Masters
“Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die – Death Stories of Hindu, Tibetan, Buddhist, and Zen Masters,” was compiled and edited by Sushila Blackman in 1997, as she herself, both knowingly and unknowingly prepared to die. This book is not necessarily … Continue reading
Hinduism: How the World’s Oldest Religion Is Not, Strictly Speaking, a Religion
Hindu death rituals are carefully defined and lovingly observed
Every culture, and every person within that culture, has a different way of dealing with death. A different set of rules, beliefs, practices, personal and societal rituals, strategies for dealing with the inevitable trauma and equally inevitable aftermath. Hinduism, the … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged Buddhism, Cremation, Dharma, Eastern Traditions, Hindu Death Rituals, Hinduism, Karma
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