CHAPTER 8.METHOD HELPING DYING PERSONS AND THE DEAD.

When the mind alone suspended in the intermediate realm, it's no different from flying in the wind wool fibers,

The mind was trying to find solace from the mighty arms, from those who bring wisdom and peace,

The moment is predestined to lead the deceased Pure Land rebirth, freedom from fear and grief mourn,

Miraculously, a moment to the deceased had been wandering from the infinite realm.

When someone died, we have a good opportunity for offering a multitude of areas with the help spirit. The lamas, the faithful to prayer and the practice can take care of ceremony of prayer, meditation; these rituals help guide the dead and dying as well as at state after died. Also the simple things, but the job is meaningful for help, the friends and relations can be assisted.

Always thought to thought and deed

We like to make ourselves over the departure of a person, or his successor following the death can make different signs for the other person's experience of the transformation can be decisive while there he died and the day was lost. It is extremely important for the rest trying to stop thinking of the feeling of dependence, but also opposed to the death.

Even if you can not avoid this thinking and attitudes of mind, from the rise, then we should avoid the expression in words or actions. We'll try not sad, or mournful panic. It is also important not to dig the dust particles on the deceased, to talk about their weaknesses, or evil actions which they have planted or even thinking many thoughts in the mind our knowledge.

The following section in the back from the dead in chapter 5 reveals how about the sadness and crying by the rest, may be the cause of death to make people go through darkness, place of thunder, the shock of the mind and feeling miserable as they are experienced in the intermediate.

Loved ones who have gone to try to preserve harmony and calm state of mind as well as the outside air as much as possible. We should celebrate, create joy, respect him and confess approval for their achievements.

We should not think: "now he was dead, I will become rich''; or" last, when he died, we will be free.''

The mind of the deceased may be nearby floating around Where hourly, daily and weekly even after the last pass from the body. They can master a few possibilities as to read the minds of people living longer. If they realize that people are thinking and bad behavior towards them, that would become powerful factors making them sink into the bad sense, and this may bring a cause suffering in the future of their existence.

Thus, the last in a few days to several weeks after the death of a person, we are the survivors should try to preserve healthy thoughts and memories of the loss as well as maintaining a appropriate.

The feeling of his sadness at leaving loved the story naturally. But through the sadness, you will not be exacerbated by the sorrow it. At the same time try to minimize or at least silent. The first thing is try not to see the feeling of sadness is not good and start a fight with his appreciation. Instead you should think that " Well I am sad! But that's just the start up of my love and respect for the loss. " It is nice and turn it into an object of peace. All that suffering grief into energy that will create treatments to be peace there. Sometimes you need to recall by you that: " If I rely on the feeling of sadness and separate from thinking so for me the image of the injury, that would affect the ugly as already in the teachings and tell stories of the dead are lying there that I must stop immediately " . Understand that and the other will either accept the feelings stop other ongoing sadness.

It is important to remember what the death is not an end for everyone. Life is always on. If they had been suffering, disease or aging. This is a good opportunity for them to end the suffering and peace to health as well as a better life. Especially if a few percent in the love of your life has been good, you should remember these things, please collect them in your mind what time on this earth you have fun with it . That is the treatment of energy will be generated for you and a source of spiritual protection for your love ones.

The practice is most effective rather than live in the sadness and worry it'll spend your life. Please mind your framed by prayer, meditation and make peace with blessing from your own blessings.

Conducting prayers and rituals

Any prayer or meditation any of these people are living and in particular to help make choices for the deceased, the first of them is meditation and experiencing their own experience for breathing that, while pulling the benefit from the blessings that source. Then they share these things out for people who are dying or deceased. If you do not have much experience on your own perception, you should share a little something with the dead.

With the determination of what to pray, meditate or perform rituals, always important for a choice with all the help and the deceased. That's the main connection or familiar.

The perfect forged equally important for the dying or deceased. This is very important to believe in the power of the other blessings. Source of blessing you can be like Buddha or Buddha of Boundless Light (Amitabha) Buddha in the Pure Land as Dewachen, the Bodhisattva, the Saints, the step wise, or own self your spiritual teachers.

The household concept to see, feel and believe that the source of blessing that is the source of divine wisdom, unconditional love and unlimited capacity. If you can draw your own mind as a path, the source of blessing that will make it out before you. Because the power of pure awareness by you so.

Merit

The value of the highest service of which you can make to people dying and the deceased is to make merit and dedicate prayer, because that is the core of happiness and enlightenment for the current users .

Buddhism teaches that to achieve the results you have to focus Buddha that contains both the merit and wisdom, through good thoughts, the appreciation and performance behavior with dualistic mind, we accumulate merit or good deeds. Through the natural attain after all, free from dualistic concepts and appreciation, we have not the wisdom and scope of the transformation of multiplication results of karma. To have peace and happiness or regeneration, we have built contains merit. To reach Buddhahood, we can not obtain wisdom.

There are many ways to create merit, including the representative as follows:

- cultivate thought and the act of giving moral training, patience, diligence and the treatment period.

- Application of these ideas and the direction of the revival of active, including the chanting of prayers, meditation practice, the service of others, care for people sick and to save us.

- Develop trust and rely on valuable resources, compassion for all sentient beings and wait a few objects belonging to the positive; any images like (for example, the Buddha), the saint, holy spirit, the feeling (the refuge, compassion, peaceful and peace), the blessing, the Pure Land and the same.

- Compliance with the rules, clean up the misconduct (this must be through a couple of holy thoughts and deeds will be cleansed of evil karma that you have created), please teaching, offering the gods, gifts for those who need, donations to charity work, helping refugees, protection of religious ceremonies, sponsorship or creation of objects Religion (as the statues, statues, temples, as well as the commemorative stone) road construction and protection for single people.

- You may also contain clumps of the merit of one full service capabilities that you can sacrifice for the dead is dedicated all the merit of the virtue of your behavior as a of peace and happiness for the contact or for all beings. There are many books providing for prayer about the schoolwork of Buddhism. While prayer is essential in a direction all there is merit to all sentient beings (especially for the dead is peace and happiness) in addition to the wait something back.

The nice thing is if you can own practice area contains some behavior that nominally merit for the dead. But the area that would hold merit if you simply flexibility for others to practice them or you did sponsor the practice of doing good things of rituals by lamas or believers.

Buddhist rites for those who are not Buddhists

As we know many of them are willing to take the ideas of Buddhism, but they are not in the form of a Buddhist. They are also the official recognition of Buddhism, but not easy to accept the image of Buddhism or the complexity perspective on death and after death. Then there are also many others completely closed the door with Buddhism or with the fake opposition as well as thoughts about death.

In the tradition of the Tibetan people are almost revered Buddhist, so many questions never arise. But now the development of Buddhism in the West, it has become an issue that people pay attention. Should we give a method to help them by way of Buddhism, even the person most alive when they did not accept it?

Many teachers responded that the beings that were floating in the intermediate place, so they need special help. They will be looking at a few energy of Compassion, the images of the peace, the mind and the sympathy to patronize them. In a state of breath, they will earnestly seek all that can give them and the shelter less poor.

Now that they have waiting for prayer, meditation or create the merits of many people and the service will help them a lot. Even if they did not recognize Buddhism money during their birth.

But there are also many other teachers, the deceased thought that if people have ideas of Buddhism hate or oppose the Buddha statues and concepts while they are alive, they must carry on a similar trend where the intermediate body. Because habits of mind is not easy to remove. If indeed so, in the minds of these people, the Buddhist service performed for them, will be the cause of the anger and indignation, that's just to do them harm only.

According to my perception of safety is certainly useful and should specify or create the feeling of peace and peaceful atmosphere surrounded by people who are dying or dead. You can rest in the expectation of the atmosphere did, think and feel that you (the support concept), who took him and other air get all the integration with the feeling of peace as well as peace there. The concept you are supporting, you can also imagine that the good image, while listening to the trustee of the mind or words, permit this impression to create safe atmosphere of peace and happiness. Then rest in a relaxed state of openness. The practice is so fundamental for true nature of Buddhism and master the positive qualities of the universe, no need to enhance the quality of Buddhism or Asian culture.

In addition it is also important to implement some form of doing good with a general nature and dedicate it to the merit for the dead as the way plant the seed of peace and joy on paths of rebirth.

Meditation for all general

Even if the dead or dying is not Buddhist and they did not open the door to embrace Buddhism, the following forms will be helpful for the benefit and safety. The euthanasia may use them all or they apply for a part that meets the needs of the lost. These are the principles of Buddhism advocate a general nature and calls for:

-In the sky there, the images that you see as valuable resources in the form of those beings of light. These beings are too beautiful, unconditional love, peace is not limited to; the wonderful peace a deep capacity and almost be opened to send the rays of warmth and joy in all directions with love.

-Take a look at the capacity of the other blessings of light is emitted from the light energy of his blessing. The light beam from the energy source of blessing him. The light beam is filled with blessings by the great atmosphere with a sense of true peace and happiness with the other and melt away all the darkness of h in n disorder, sad and scared terror.

-Listen to the singing of the mind in the language of the ritual, or euthanasia soul, will be filled with an atmosphere like Iowa. Feel the unlimited joy, peace and wonderful combined with the openness of the light generated by the vibration of sound.

-Think about the feeling that the deceased was watching the light is another blessing.

-End feel that you and the deceased fell into a state of inseparable; in the uterus that of countless light of all the peace and joy. Rest comfortably in it as long as you can. Practice several times.

-Now and here, was transported by bold thinking and talking. "Prayer (the name of the deceased) was in the light of blessings and joy to the peace and happy with the intermediate, and for the future in all of her or his life"

Instructions for Buddhists and those who are willing to Buddhism.

In addition to prayer and meditation, the assisted suicide can offer words of guidance to Buddhists and who they were ready to receive the teachings of Buddhism.

With a sense of refuge resources blessings and compassion for the deceased; use the language of the guidance it aloud or silently. In your mind, let's say all or some part of something like the following instructions. You can apply the things that they are appropriate for the deceased.

You must begin with the words really rough guide, but a simple way of euthanasia as much as HRI OM Amitabha (Amida An Hong), is the mantra of the Buddha of Boundless Light; or OM MANI PADME HUNG (Project Red Di Bat Ma Ni) is the mantra of the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Also select a few people that you assisted suicide and the deceased were familiar with each other.

Amitabha HRI OM 'John'' (commonly referred to by the name of her dead or him), let me rest and listen to the quiet soul. '' John'' you died and you are now in the intermediate, was crossing a different way. This is most important to you here, to be attained and accept that you are dead. Listen to me here! Now you have to try on what you need to think and do. You are at the crossroads of choice for the future happiness or sorrow here!

With a pure soul and totally focused, remember your meditation and go there to experience it as default. Imagine the spiritual teachers of your friendly and all the energy of the object. If you recall, they'll always be here for you. Let's assume that they always take care of you with eyes of wisdom and loving heart. Let's keep this thing to think about them, so on and so forth. They will follow you to be safe on the road to peace and joy of rebirth.

Today the situation you are in the most important decisions of your life. Your future is determined by how mind that your mutual work with today. In summary, please remember the experience of meditation you practice, it is blessed to energy sources that you can rely on the catechism teacher for you, for the people that you close and think how many times.

Amitabha HRI OM! On the way through the intermediate state, you must meet the wrathful figure, in the form of evil or condition amazement. But you must remember that these things occur it is not true. They are the images created and is simply reflected the opposite of your consciousness at the same time it is the habit, like the illusory sense and things unclean. Do not depend on them, do not capture them, fear them and do not be aggressive with them.

Please remember that all images are the images of light with the quality of trust. It is a sign of peace, joy and be open to the true nature of this. In that natural realities and quality, is the energy value exists and your spiritual teachers.

If you see a few beautiful image or indignation. If you specify it as the image of light and peace, then it becomes the image of light and peace. If you hear some sound, if you ordered it as the sound of peace and it will be, too. In the intermediate, if you think the right path, you can change and be transformed any conditions that easily. Because all things are just the opposite and the reciprocal impact of your own mind. Think back several times (repeatedly) that what appears to you not satisfied, there is no real things, like a dream and all is peaceful in nature the natural way.

Amitabha HRI OM! 'John', where the body is an intermediate step forward, you can observe and remember what is your own, such as friends or those you love. You can also hear people call you and cry for you. If so, you should remember that there are dead now! You had to break up with them. Those who are calling you then please do not rely on them and the people you depend on moving to it would not be able to help you where, because the images and sounds he is a true opposition in the sad your own vegetables as well as fear and chaos. There is nothing you can follow all that would not be able to help you stay with them. If you depend on them, then that is caused by your reliance that they will become obstacles that you will walk the path to peace and liberation. That will only connect you to the world of the suffering and hardship. So should not depend on them, do not towards them, do not grasp them, get them amorously, or author, please do not fight them.

Take a look at them as the contrast images in which no object at all. Listen to them as the sound of which bounced back, none is true at all. Then the dependence of mind as you fear it will not appear, slowly melt like mist before sunrise.

Keep in mind the experience of meditation and the existence of the energy source of blessings to you and at your. If your mind can see and feel her energy as well as the blessings of meditation experience, which then become sources of great power peace and joy - the path of liberation for yourself it!

So instead of friends or enemies, always meditating on your blessings and other energy sources, repeat forever the same.

Amitabha HRI OM! '' John '' in the intermediate state where you can hear thunder and terrible language. If so, you should remember that the thunder of the mind that awful other words merely elaborately by the appearance of your mind, they are fabricated by the sound of mind you, like the illusory sense and the sound echoed back. Do not be surprised about them, do not cling to them, do not become much attached to them or do not fight them.

Listen to the sound was like the sound of waves of love, peace and the breath. Remember the sound was like the wave of the refuge to energy sources that blessing. Then remember the sound as the waves of love and compassion that will come to you from the blessings that energy. Repeat once again!''

Amitabha HRI OM! '' John'' in which the intermediate body, is forward, you have to feel dissatisfied perceptions of fear and loneliness. If so, you have to relive the feeling that he was merely invented by the mind of your own. They are not the entity, the soul you just pretend that they like a nightmare. Do not rely on them, beyond them, do not cling them or combat them.

Think by yourself that feeling is not real. They're like the ripples on the lake. Let them go out, do not keep them. If you let it go out, they will spread out like water balloons. So you rejoice with true soul nature is composed entirely peaceful, joyful, bright and omniscience.

Again, recall the existence of that energy in you and in you. Remember the feeling of meditation. Rejoice with those feelings of peace and joy there is the experience of his existence. Keep a sense of openness, natural state of your soul - so repeatedly.

Meditation for Buddhist meditation and for other people.

If people are dying or who has died as a Buddhist or a yogi practicing meditation and if you, who practiced euthanasia on meditation, then you can use other forms of worship and pray in the Appendices A and B of simple rituals of Buddhism. Or you can also use a simple meditation below, the appropriate part of them if necessary to apply to this situation.

Recall that this is always about the nature of euthanasia to hi donation to help the spirit of the dead or deceased in accordance with a state of default experience that the deceased and those who support e fact is to make happy.

Meditation helps for those who practice high

If you, the euthanasia practiced meditation more dead or deceased, or are they both equal practice, you have to meditate more aggressive, say prayers and perform rituals. In addition to the dead you have all the necessary counsel in death and spent the intermediate, but should be in proper ratio. That with counsel is not too much, the dead can not full of energy, time and effort to get a few generous the benefits from them (even if still alive). So you have to think twice as much to say and talk about what. You will give a few weaknesses and encouragement that he is the right for people to hear. Then they will understand and remember it in the long journey after death. Here you have a good chance to guide the dead through the dying process as well as the intermediate and help them reach the shores of peace and joy and just as if you take a patient-oriented the better.

You should donate all or some part of the guidance to the dying or deceased. This guidance should be clear, simple and words come from the heart. The dying or deceased person or may or may not consciously or current implementation of the meditation or prayer along with you, so you may have done this alone. But you should think that people are dying or deceased person was listening to you and are praying and meditating with you there. Sacrifice the instructions below for her or him so loud or in your mind.

The sky in front of you, specifying the magic of the beautiful and big like the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss scene. At that meeting right in the middle energy value exists as the Buddha of Boundless Light (Amitabha) (or any of that Buddha, the Saints or the equivalent wise also good) follow it by a multitude number of other enlightened. For example, the Bodhisattva, Arhat, and teacher guides your spirit. Take a look at them as one of the most complete enlightenment. He emits love unconditionally, all-knowing wisdom, infinite peace, complete joy and strength champions.

Energy resources here will bless you protection, care and support you in your journey of the intermediate body. Here you will guide you towards Dewachen so.

Feel the unparalleled peace and happy with the existence in it. Feel the warmth of the existence there. Feel very safe existence there. Make them feel it by all what you need in another existence. Believe it with confidence now in place and you're protected as well as guide you by one of his sea enlightenment.

Read or recite a prayer mantra! Think and feel for the sound of people praying as prayer wave of energy directed to the blessed, for the help and the other household. So, think and feel that the sound of prayer is the wave of energy towards the resources provided for that blessing.

You can hear the sound and the overall tone of prayer as the wave of love, wisdom and energy from other energy sources blessing. Feel the sound was like a concussion of the heart or your soul rejoice, let the direction of prayer with boundless love and infinite wisdom, extraordinary energy as well as the opening He welcomed the peace.

Take a look at this and consider many of the great good in light of the other blessings and joy that is coming to you from the energy of the object. The blessing of this light fills your whole body and soul and is completely air is all around you. The light it with unconditional love, the sea immense wisdom and extraordinary ability, completely warm and boundless joy and peace throughout the universe.

The picture that you see, the sound that you hear, or feel that you have experienced, you have to see, to hear, to feel and believe that they are the pure image , the sound of the trustee and the light of enlightened wisdom bless other energy sources.

Finally, relax in the wake of the peace is available and the grace of the energy value. Feel that you will get one of all these things.

Guidelines for euthanasia of those who practice Zen practitioner dying.

If the default experience of the dead that the higher you are, you'll euthanasia meditation, prayers and perform rituals; yet remain silent or at a distance, but still practice meditation for the dead to be perfect. Make sure to let people die that meditation is unfurled wings to the other shore by the offering in the indirect support Coast, quietly.

In this case the most important thing is to focus on the departure of the loss, going their own way and at your own speed they want. Avoid evoke some sound or movement around them. Thus in no time the conduct of the deceased has not been completed, should not touch the body of practitioners of meditation. The sound of a collision or negligence of ordinary people and the ignorance that renders urban chaos that would make people who are on the path of meditation is the way the process of their decision.

Carried out until the death of that person perfect, meditation, prayer and ceremonies will be conducted generally in silence, or at a distance. Once the process of dying is completed the prayer and ritual for the dead can be made more loudly, both in the existence or nonexistence of the body (dead).

When helping others we help our own.

The practice of patronage for the dying and the dead is a good opportunity for learning and practice journey of life and death. When we saw a few people die, we will get the active development represents the impermanence of nature and the combat unintentionally exist in the realm of this Saha. This is a powerful tool for the inspiration of every person to practice for spiritual clarity.

However, if we are not used to strong state as lessons learned, Anyway we witness confirmed dead and the dying in long time, we instantly became a loss of sensation for this experience. Then we can become impersonal like a stone. Thus there may be something inspired or created some momentum for us.

With the assisted suicide for others at the time of their most extreme of the need is not only a good opportunity to learn, but also a positive way of doing good. Moreover, who died also doing good is good, because they are the cause of death to support his work merit. With this path both assisted suicide and someone to help benefit also. Thus we must pay attention and to accept the death of another person that is a lesson and an opportunity for spiritual practice. If we permit ourselves by our experience of dying and the deceased as they are, then naturally there will be no real reason for us to feel some anger, dependence or attachment to someone. That would not have any perfect sense to give to the cause of the suffering, fear or chaos. Then we can accept that the spontaneous understanding of the self in the heart of our understanding of freedom from attachment. This can guide us to attain the peace and joy that nature.

Some important principles

We should remember the important things for family members, who assisted suicide and caregivers at the bedside of the dead to create more peace, quiet and respect. Every day in the individual conditions, there should be someone to talk about or even think about a few things traditionally would create insecurity for him. Mental loss of floating around here or visit the ancient house of loved ones and friends. And if they hear or see a few things not satisfied, any district or that would disrespect the insecurity for their souls. If the mind they become angry, sad or surprised, then it's like pushing each other into place and a loose itinerary suffering rebirth in the realm of much more painful. Those who surrounded the dead body or it's friends, especially those of you mentally. It is important for those who should not be here, but if no person is mentally stable, or the deceased or angry person.

Do not touch the bottom part of the body until the conduct of the dead were completely full. When no heat in which the heart and blood vessels that flow stops; the understanding of the dead from the physical author and conducted the dead have been perfect.

When people are in the process of death shall not sit near the bottom of their body or in the direction where the toes. Not only with you that even a few religious objects should not be placed around the lower portion of the body or where two feet. Based on the teachings that if you attract attention to make them lose focus at the bottom of the body, their thoughts to penetrate from one vein slightly lower at the time off. The lower vein can become the door to rebirth in lower realms. Therefore, it should do is help him lead her or him is focused on the top. This can be done by the light touch at the top (if it is not no good in your culture), sit next to your beloved on one side of the head (eg shoulder) and special items of religious or after the first altar and recite prayers on the side or direction toward the head than the feet.

After a few days already deceased, keep the property owned by that person in the exact place they usually like to leave it at that. Thus you will avoid the understanding of them, as objects that are close to the life around them in a while.

It is very important not to let people die, their bodies or even their memories become dependent of the object of anger and hatred or anger in the mind of anyone, including those family, friends and neighbors. If he becomes the source of evil thoughts and currency appreciation or contribute to create bad karma round, they will suffer ill effects from it.

If you have a few things are blessings that can eat, to drink, or you can wear, bring the items for the dead to eat, drink or put them in there while they are still conscious. In the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism objects values ​​(good character and fine position) in the form of powder or rough map made from different herbs mixed with the material blessings as well as worship in several days with the ritual of prayer or meditation. Many items that are believed to help people attain liberation death, if they are tasting, smelling or touching with the trust and use the information. The Tibetans also use the figure of the Holy Spirit along with images of Buddhas or the Mandala graph paper, appending to the side of prayer and meditation. These items were voluntary and pay a small fall in the body and keep the dead while still alive and then cremated along with his or her body after death. Many drawings are drawn on paper and with conviction, confidence, one that will help the deceased achieve liberation.

Additional to those that assisted suicide can be taken out voluntary items into the mouth of the deceased or sprayed on or put them on his or her body after death. But that consciousness has left the body and this body is still a major sign of his past karma connected to the world the fate of the dead. Look on the body in the sphere of the spirit - penance by teaching it and bless it - because to help directly or indirectly to the deceased. (If their minds are nearby and receive the benefits that). In Tibet the bodies generally keep for several days, while those who continued euthanasia perform purification rites for the corpse as the expression of the deceased (if the corpse can not be retained it is instead used a picture of the loss).

In traditional Tibetan culture is preserved corpse for several days or several weeks (up to 49 cases to date) while the Lama perform the ceremony continued prayers and other rituals ( we can discuss in the next chapter of ceremonies for the dead and deceased). But if the corpse had been burned and then after a day, the corpse would have no effect whatsoever on the mind of the deceased. But that the mind of the deceased are in brighter or more sensitive when they are alive; have a few things that they can not see; or the other is seen in other forms. Their bodies are considered to be absolute in character format. (For example in the chapter's return from the dead, Denma saw his corpse as a tower by lazuli; Chokyi see her as a snake and Changchub see him as a corpse of a dog). But if he can keep the corpse for several days can be a large assisted, for the life of the organic body as much as the bacteria and the energy of life force will have an opportunity for death is the natural way. This is especially important not handle the body if a few signals in the first heat. If so, the perception of his corpse was still in there. If preserved corpse was found several days that have changed status deteriorated in the hearts of others and there are changes or unusual debate between those who contact or neighbors, then that would be obvious cause of the industry is not very good, rather than benefits for loss. If so, have indeed evidenced by his handling of the corpse as soon as possible. The decision was not a typical question the correctness of the individual or the selection, but that is what better and more useful for the deceased and yourself as if alive.

Optimizer It is important to keep silence, and inner peace in the air upon the promotion of harmony and joy more. Peace and joy that will bring more peace and more joy. This is the law of karma, the natural advocates of such multiplication results.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACHLIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).MHDT.29/4/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).