With an introductory commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Meditations on Living, Dying, and Loss is a compilation of essential writings from the first complete translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, whose visionary perspective on living, dying, and loss is one of the most inspirational in world literature. These selections address becoming more aware of our psychological habits; our understanding of the process of dying and the nature of the after-death state; and the challenge of bereavement. Drawing on his experience of loss and his knowledge of contemporary near-death research, editor Graham Coleman illuminates this ancient text's secrets, revealing the immense creativity that expanding our insight into the relationship between living and dying can bring.

Graham Coleman is the president of the Orient Foundation (UK), a major cultural conservancy organization. Writer/director of the acclaimed feature documentary Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy and editor of the Handbook of Tibetan Culture, he has been editing Tibetan Buddhist poetry and prose texts in cooperation with various distinguished Tibetan masters and translators since the mid-1970's. Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., is the senior translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and president of the Institute of Tibetan classics. His works include the translation of twelve books by the Dalai Lama, including the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New Millennium and The Universe in a Single Atom, the Dalai lama's perspective on the meeting of Buddhism and modern science. Gyurme Dorje, Ph.D., is a leading scholar of the Nyingma tradition of Tiabetan Buddhism. His seven major publications include works on Tibetan lexicography, medicine, divination, and pilgrimage guides to Tibet and Bhutan as well as the translations of HH Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.

	Contents: Meditations on Living, Dying, and Loss - The Essential Tibetan Book of the Dead
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Editor's Introduction	xiii
	Introductory Commentary by His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama: Exploring the Notion of Continuity of Consciousness	xxv
	LIVING
	Song of Impermanence	3
	Imprisoned by the Ego: A Lament	11
	Living, Dreaming, Meditating, and Dying	21
	Uncovering the Nature of Mind	31
	Wisdoms, Elements, and Subtle Energies	53
	DYING
	Body and Mind Dissolving	69
	Entering the Horizon of Light	83
	LOSS
	Transforming Bereavement in the Mirror of Guidance	99
	Glossary of Key Terms	147
	Notes	187