Advice On Dying

Sep 21, 2024 6:58 PM

Author:Dalai Lama

Advice On Dying

In this ground-breaking book, the Dalai Lama advises us to gain familiarity with the process and practices of death so that, when we are physically weak, our minds can still be focussed in the right direction, and in the right manner. Advice on Dying cautions us not to fall under the influence of the mistaken belief of permanence. We should not think that we have a lot of time in this life, because there is a great danger of wasting our lives in procrastination. He suggests we meditate on our lives, and on the indefiniteness of the time of death. For, though the time of our death is uncertain, death itself is certain... In this empowering and positive book, His Holiness brings new inspiration to a subject that we, in the West, have long ignored to our detriment. It is only by taming our minds and fully facing the end of our lives, that we can fully live in the present moment.

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Tariq Ramadan is a Muslim Martin Luther

—— Washington Post

One of the most important innovators for the twenty-first century

—— Time

The work of Tariq Ramadan will take its place in the annals of Islamic thought

—— Le Monde Diplomatique

A tour de force - brave, brilliant, and eloquent. It will challenge the way you think about liberals and conservatives, atheism and religion, good and evil

—— Paul Bloom , author of How Pleasure Works

Compelling . . . a fluid combination of erudition and entertainment

—— Ian Birrell , Observer

Lucid and thought-provoking . . . deserves to be widely read

—— Jenni Russell , Sunday Times

For the reader who seeks to understand happiness, my advice is: Begin with Haidt

—— Martin E P Seligman, professor of psychology, University of Pennsylvania

Thich Nhat Hanh's words are like water. Simple, pure, transparent, and absolutely indispensable for life

—— Alejandro Iñárritu, director of Birdman and The Revenant

John Gray, the counter-prophet who scorns all claims that humans can transcend the human condition ... You don't have to agree with Gray to enjoy the fireworks

—— Marek Kohn , Independent

Elegant ... He is on to something important regarding the delusion that science consists of indefinite progress

—— Sunday Telegraph

Gray is an engaging writer, an entertaining historian and a controversialist whose opinions can never be taken for granted

—— New Statesman

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