Life, Death, and After Death - Lama Yeshe
Author: Lama Yeshe
Format: Softcover
Publisher: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives
Condition
Pre-loved large softcover in good condition. Light shelf wear to cover. Binding strong. Pages clean and intact.
On the Back
“From the moment we were born we’ve been destined for death. We think that dying is a big deal, worse than losing a job, a boyfriend, a girlfriend, husband or wife. That’s the wrong attitude. We think that dying is negative, but that’s just our projection.
“Death is better than a flower, for example. A flower cannot give you tremendous peace and bliss. It can give you something, but not that. Death, however, can give you both: tremendous peace and tremendous bliss. Death is better than your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife because they give you very little bliss. They cannot truly solve your problems. They can alleviate emotional anxiety momentarily, perhaps, but not for long. At the moment of death, however, all anxiety and other emotional problems are totally cut off for a long period of time.”
—Lama Yeshe
The essence of this book is a weekend seminar on death, intermediate state and rebirth that Lama Yeshe taught in Switzerland in September 1983. The topic is particularly poignant as this was the last teaching Lama gave in the West; he passed away some five months later. But here he was his usual boisterous, punchy, direct, funny, loving and compassionate self, treating the topic of death in his incomparable light yet serious way. Lama Zopa Rinpoche also attended the seminar and gave a teaching on cultivating a peaceful mind, which we have included as an introductory talk, and since in London the previous year Lama had given a public talk on transference of consciousness, we thought it fitting to include that as well. All these teachings are available on DVD, so please get that to add to your enjoyment!
LAMA THUBTEN YESHE (1935–84) was born in Tibet and educated at the great Sera Monastic University in Lhasa. In 1959 he fled the Chinese oppression and continued his study and practice in Tibetan refugee camps in India. In 1969, with his chief disciple, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, he began teaching Buddhism to Westerners at their Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, and in 1974, at the invitation of their international students, the Lamas began traveling the world to spread the Dharma. In 1975, they founded the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), an international Buddhist organization that now numbers some 160 centers and related activities in more than 30 countries worldwide.
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