Living in the light of death : on the art of being truly alive
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1570624259
ISBN 13
9781570624254
Category
Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Subject
Spiritual life--Buddhism.; Aging--Religious aspects--Buddhism.; Buddhism--Doctrines.
Description
xii, 176 pages ; 23 cm; Introduction: Aging and Death, Our Lifelong Companions --The First Messenger: Aging Is Unavoidable --The Second Messenger: Illness Is Unavoidable --The Third Messenger: Death Is Unavoidable --The Fourth Messenger: Heirs to Our Actions --The Practice: Intimacy with Living and Dying --Meditation and the Practice of Awareness.; "This book is the fruit of Larry Rosenberg's years of practicing and teaching death awareness. Using a text known as the Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection, he shows how intimacy with aging and mortality can be a means to liberation: when we become intimate with death, he writes, we also become profoundly intimate with ourselves, with others, indeed with all things."--Jacket.;
Biblio Notes
43050044
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 99007553 | BQ5395.R67 | 1 | Yes |