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4. Impermanence and Death (Chapter)

The fourth teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 4th Kopan Course, held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in March–April 1973.

Support for the Dying: A Talk at Karuna Hospice (Teaching)

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of providing support for people who are dying, so they can die with a happy and peaceful mind, free from fear and negative emotions. 

Helping Others Prepare for Death (Teaching)

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that the best way to help others prepare for death is by offering guidance when they have the capacity to understand and put Dharma into practice.

19. Inner Wealth and a Happy Death (Chapter)

In this teaching, given in France in 2003, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to think when making offerings to Sangha, guests in our home and beggars on the street. Rinpoche also discusses how to have a happy and peaceful death.

18. Preparing for Death (Chapter)

Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the best way to prepare for our own death and explains the karma of killing and stealing, in this teaching given in France in 2003.

Signs of Death (Teaching)

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the death process and explains the signs which indicate that the consciousness has left the body. Rinpoche draws on his own experiences of seeing the deceased and gives a detailed account of Lama Yeshe's passing and cremation.