Foreword / Dalai Lama -- Living. In the mirror of death -- Impermanence -- Reflection and change -- The nature of mind -- Bringing the mind home -- Evolution, karma, and rebirth -- Bardos and other realities -- This life; the natural bardo -- The spiritual path -- The innermost essence -- Dying. Heart advice on helping the dying -- Compassion: the wish-fulfilling jewel -- Spiritual help for the dying -- The practices for dying -- The process of dying -- Death and rebirth. The ground -- Intrinsic radiance -- The bardo of becoming -- Helping after death -- The near-death experience: a staircase to heaven? -- Conclusion. The universal process -- Servants of peace.
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