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moreReese
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Years ago I remember reading something about the Dalai Lama having a regular meditation in which he “practices dying”. This has always stuck with me and for whatever reason has been particularly resonant lately Just learned he actually wrote a book “Advice on Dying” in 2003 Just got the audio version…am curious to see how practical it is based on his own meditation practice https://www.audible.com/pd/B002V5BPY2?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=pdp
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Phil Cockfield
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This is great! Dying each day (I think a good deep meditation is a form of mini-death, ego death). The zen dudes (actually, I might have my schools wrong - some flavour buddhism) at one point used to have a practice of meditating literally on a corpse of a recently departed person, in the graveyard. Over the period of it decaying and returning to earth, forcing a literal confrontation with death in a very direct, non-discursive way. Keen to hear what you make of the Dali Lama's book @morereese
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Totally agree on a good deep meditation! And maybe you’re referring to charnel ground meditations? I used to do this guided meditation that was inspired by that practice and found it powerful https://insighttimer.com/peacebeyondsuffering/guided-meditations/charnal-ground-meditation
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Phil Cockfield
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Oh this is grand - thanks...gonna use that on my next sit. Thanks @morereese
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