An anecdote recounted in this work gives an insight into the present state of Buddhist
bioethics. The author relates how she asked the spiritual director of a Tibetan centre in …

Buddha's doctrine of anattā or no-soul was a denial of the existence of an animistic soul
which survived the death of the body and transmigrated. Since nothing survived the death of …

Robert Desjarlais's Subject to Death is a deeply haunting and evocative book about the
mourning rituals within Hyolmo society in Nepal. The text uncovers a collective process of …

EDITORS'INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND There have been major changes in world today
and that the term Global Leadership and Sustainable Development is no longer taken for …

The conceptual model of promoting a peaceful death was synthesized from Buddhist
philosophy, the theory of “Peaceful End of Life,” related literature, and a story from …

In this much-needed examination of Buddhist views of death and the afterlife, Carl B. Becker
bridges the gap between books on death in the West and books on Buddhism in the East …

Anyen Rinpoche's wise and reassuring voice guides readers through the Tibetan Buddhist
teachings on death and dying, while providing practical tools for end-of-life and estate …

Birth, development, decay, death–these form the biological base line of human existence.
The idea of cycle suggests that there is something similar about the beginning and the end …

Introduction This paper explores definitions of death from the perspectives of several world
and indigenous religions, with practical application for health care providers in relation to …

1-Introduction Death has preoccupied the minds of sociologist, philosophers and historians
who have tried to deconstruct it in recent decades and suggested new ways for …