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Writing your Spiritual Care Directive / Buddhist - March, 2023
Week 1 - Welcome, Setting our Motivation and Dharma Vision - Monday, March 20 @ 5:30 pm PDT
VIDEO Recording is HERE! - Week 1 - Motivation and Dharma Vision (91:19)
VIDEO - Welcome and a LITTLE BIT ABOUT RHONDA (15:51)
VIDEO Recording is HERE! Week 1 - Friday Discussion (59:23)
Zoom Call Link
PDF - Our 9 Week Schedule
PDF - Spiritual Care Directive PDF (to print and write in)
PDF - End of Life Resources
PDF - Group Social Code
PDF - Group Prayer List
CHART - What can emerge in dying - Illustration
READ - Living is Dying - How to Prepare for Dying, Death and Beyond - Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
READ - Creating Your Dharma Vision through Contemplation - Anyen Rinpoche
READ - How Creating a Vision Board Can Help with End of Life Planning - Karen Wyatt
Long Life Prayers for the Group - Monlam 3/20/23
Friday Sponsorship - Prayers for Lungta (Flag Raising Ceremony)
Week 2 - Aspirations (Traditional and Personal) - Monday, March 27 @ 5:30 pm PDT
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 2 - Aspirations (84:00)
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 2 - Friday Discussion (56:02)
BONUS - Discussion with Graham Sunstein
PDF - Introduction to Buddhist Aspiration Prayers - Tulku Sherdor
PDF - Liberation Upon Hearing Instructions - Phakchok Rinpoche's booklet
PDF - The King of Aspiration Prayers
PDF - The Secret Crown Seed Tantra that is the Only Child of All Buddhas
PDF - Root Verses on the Six Bardos
PDF - Prayer of Kuntuzangpo (Kunzang Mönlam)
AUDIO - Kuntuzangpo Monlam - The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra (Audio)
AUDIO - Calling the Guru from Afar - by Sascha & Rodrigo
AUDIO - Instructions for Dying - Samaneri Jayaseri
LINK - Aspirations in Accordance with the Dharma
PDF - Shantideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra
LINK - Prayer for Rebirth in the Copper-Colored Mountain of Glory
PDF - The Practice that Results in Enlightenment - Jetsunma Ahkon Llamo
LINK - Translations of Tibetan Buddhist Texts - Lotsawa House & Lhasey Lotsawa
Prayers sponsored at KaNying for Ocean of Amrita (Ngakso) 3/29-4/6
Week 3 - Dharma Friends - Monday, April 3, 2023 @ 5:30pm PDT
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 3 - Dharma Friends (91:13)
VIDEO - Recording is Here - Week 3 - Discussion (56:37)
PDF - Choosing your Spiritual Advocate Form
READ - How to Help our Loved Ones Enjoy Death and Go Happily to their Next Rebirth - Lama Zopa
READ - Making Friends on the Buddhist Path - Norman Fischer/LionsRoar
Meditations for the Sick and Dying - Thich Nhat Hanh
Sponsored Tara Puja for the group - Nagi Gompa
Week 4 - Building your Dharma Box, Monday, April 10, 2023 @ 5:30p PDT
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 4 - Dharma Box (96:10)
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 4 - Discussion (56:13)
BONUS - Graham Sunstein and Rhonda talk about TAKDROLS (Liberation upon Wearing/Touching) (49:58)
READ - The Miraculous Tooth
READ - Liberation through Sensory Encounters - James Gentry
READ - Liberation through Senses - Holly Gayley
READ - Mendrup Substances
Medicine Buddha Mantras for placing on the body
Audio - Buddha Amitahba - Prayer to Be Born in a Pure Land - Mantra and Picture
Photos of Takdrol, Vajrasattva Pill, Sur Incense; Takdrol; Dharani Blanket
The Flawless Place Between - Loving Bardo Instructions (transcribed/She pronoun)
Sponsor Prayers for Gyatrul Rinpoche Parinirvana
Week 5 - Active Phases of Dying - Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 5:30 pm PDT
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 5 - Active Dying (100:01)
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 5 - Discussion (51:03)
CHART - Outer Dissolution Chart - by Andrew Holecek
CHART - Outer and Inner Dissolution Diagram - by Andrew Holecek
VIDEO - Dissolution Stages Meditation - Stephen Barr (13:23)
PDF - Descriptions of the Dissolution Stages
PDF - Essay on Dissolution of Elements - with AI Images
PDF - CNR on Using the Five Powers When Dying
PDF - Transforming Suffering
CHART - What Can Emerge in Dying
PDF - California POLST
Week 6 - Moments of Death - Tuesday, April 24, 2023 @ 5:30 pm PDT
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 6 - Moments of Death (92:58)
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Discussion - Moments of Death (68:39)
PDF - The Essential Phowa Practice by Sogyal Rinpoche
PDF - 11 Thoughts for the Moment of Death - The Buddha
PDF - The 9 Gates to Leave the Body
PDF - Recognize You Are Dead
PDF - The Wisdom of the Hour of Death
VIDEO - Practicing the Bardo of the Time of Death - Mingyur Rinpoche
AUDIO - Bardo Instructions by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
READ - Some Brain Cells get More Active Hours after we Die
Week 7 - 3 Days Following Death - Monday, May 1, 2023 @ 5:30 pm PDT
VIDEO - Recording is HERE - Week 7 - 3 Days Following Death (95:33)
VIDEO is HERE - Week 7 Discussion (64:54)
PDF - Home Funeral State Requirements
READ - Bardo of Reality - Levekunst
PDF - Practices to Benefit the Dead - Lama Zopa
AUDIO - Bardo Song of Reminding Oneself - Levekunst
The Six Bardos with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, Oct 9, 2021
Week 8 - Disposition of Body and 49 Days - Monday, May 8, 2023 @ 5:30 PDT
VIDEO - Recording is HERE - Week 8 - Disposition and 49 Days (93:12)
VIDEO - Recording is HERE - Week 8 Discussion (53:14)
PDF - Longchenpa's Commentary on the 3 Statements that Strike the Vital Point
FORM - Obituary
CA Death Certificate
FORM - Disposition of Body
PDF - Cremation Visualization - Sogyal Rinpoche
Article - 7 Eco-Friendly Options for your Body after Death
PDF - Eight Prayers to Benefit the Dead - Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Practice of Sur Offering - Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Sur Incense Description
Week 9 - Dharma Will and Closing Ceremony - Monday, May 15, 2023, @ 5:30 PDT
VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 9 - Dharma Will and Closing (94:29)
VIDEO is HERE - Week 9 BONUS DISCUSSION (64:11)
ONE DAY INTENSIVE - May 20th
Recording is coming! - Bonus Session
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VIDEO Recording is HERE - Week 4 - Dharma Box
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