The Sacred Art of Dying: How World Religions Understand DeathPaulist Press, 1988 - 226 pages Examines how each of the major religions looks at death by including stories, teachings, and rituals that present a comparative religious meaning of death and afterlife. Written in textbook style with journal exercises at the end of each chapter. + |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Abraham afterlife alive Allah answer Arjuna art of dying asked Atman attitude toward death awakening bardo become beginning birth Bodhidharma body Book breath Buber Buddha Buddhist called Chapter Chinese Christ Christian Chuang Tzu confession consciousness created creation D.T. Suzuki dead death and dying Death Ritual deathless died disciple dying person earth Egyptian emptiness Enkidu enter Epic of Gilgamesh Eros ESTRAGON eternal experience face father fear of death feel Frankl Gilgamesh God's heaven Hindu Hui Neng human immortality Isaac Ivan Jesus jiva JOURNAL EXERCISES karma karmic Krishna Lao Tzu liberated live Lord meditation mind monk mother Nachiketas nirvana one's Osiris physical death practice prayer present Psyche question Qur'an realization rebirth reborn reincarnation resurrection sacred art sacred traditions sacrifice Socrates soul spiritual death story suffering Sutra teaching tells Tibetan tradition tree Utnapishtim VLADIMIR Wakan tanka words Yama yoga York
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Page 21 - Astride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the gravedigger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries.
Page 20 - Then all the dogs came running And dug the dog a tomb And wrote upon the tombstone For the eyes of dogs to come: A dog came in the kitchen And stole a crust of bread.