Expression de la sagesse du bouddhisme tibétain à l'usage de l'Occident, ce livre nous invite à une découverte de l'infini dont nous sommes porteurs. Il permet une incursion essentielle dans cette pensée bouddhiste et tente de réconcilier la vie et la mort. Ecrit avec aisance, p…
Some of the greatest works of literature have wrestled with the task of illuminating the human experience of death. This new title discusses the role of death and dying in works such as Beloved, A Farewell to Arms, Lord of the Flies, Paradise Lost, and many others. Featuring app…
Am Anfang des Buches steht ein ungewohnter Gedanke: Geburt und Tod haben viel gemeinsam, beides sind Ereignisse, für die die Natur bestimmte Programme vorgesehen hat. Sie laufen dann am besten ab, wenn sie möglichst wenig gestört werden. Palliativbetreuung und Sterbebegleitung, …
"As a practicing physician and longtime member of his hospital?s ethics committee, Dr. Barron Lerner thought he had heard it all. But in the mid-1990s, his father, an infectious diseases physician, told him a stunning story: he had physically placed his body over an end-stage pa…
This revelatory volume shows readers how to confront death--along with inevitable currents of life--with a deep-seated preparedness built on virtue, focus, and inner strength.
Spiritual preparations for the time of death : an evolving meditation on life and death -- Spiritual practices as the time of death nears -- Medical considerations for the Buddhist practitioner -- Buddhist practitioners as caregivers -- Appendices.
Encouraging readers to honestly look at both life and death, and to contemplate our impermanence deeply, the author shows us how to use the very process of dying to further our goal of enlightenment, compassion, and a wise and fulfilling life in the here-and-now.
Sterben; Tod; Unterstufe; Bilderbuch.
"This rich collection of original essays illuminates the causes and consequences of the South's defining experiences with death. Employing a wide range of perspectives, while concentrating on discrete episodes in the region's past, the authors explore topics from the seventeenth…
