Part 1: Living. In the mirror of death ; Impermanence ; Reflection and change ; The nature of mind ; Bringing the mind home ; Evolution, karma, and rebirth ; Bardos and other realities ; This life: the natural bardo ; The spiritual path ; The innermost essence
Part 2: Dying. Heart advice on helping the dying ; Compassion: the wish-fulfilling jewel ; Spiritual help for the dying ; The practices for dying ; The process of dying
Part 3: Death and rebirth. The ground ; Intrinsic radiance ; The bardo of becoming ; Helping after death ; The near-death experience: a staircase to heaven?
Part 4: Conclusion. The universal process ; Servants of peace.
From the Book - Revised and updated edition.
Part 1: Living. In the mirror of death
Evolution, karma, and rebirth
Bardos and other realities
This life: the natural bardo
Part 2: dying. Heart advice on helping the dying
Compassion: the wish-fulfilling jewel
Spiritual help for the dying
Part 3: death and rebirth. The ground
The near-death experience: a staircase to Heaven?
Part 4: conclusion. The universal process
From the Book - Twentieth Anniversary Edition.
Living. In the mirror of death ; Impermanence ; Reflection and change ; The nature of mind ; Bringing the mind home ; Evolution, karma, and rebirth ; Bardos and other realities ; This life: the natural bardo ; The spiritual path ; The innermost essence
Dying. Heart advice on helping the dying ; Compassion: the wish-fulfilling jewel ; Spiritual help for the dying ; The practices for dying ; The process of dying
Death and rebirth. The ground ; Intrinsic radiance ; The bardo of becoming ; Helping after death ; The near-death experience: a staircase to heaven
Conclusion. The universal process ; Servants of peace
Appendix 2: Questions about death