Death An Inside Story A Book for all Those who Shall die by Sad PDF
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SADHGURU DEATH An Inside Story PENGUIN BOOKS Contents Death Blow: An Introduction PART I: Life and Death in One Breath Death Chapter 1: What Is Death Death: The Most Fundamental Question Mortal Nature Exploring Death Is Death a Calamity Stop Inviting Death Chapter 2: The Process of Death What Makes Us Tick A Bubble of Life and Death Understanding Life and Death Pancha Pranas: The Five Vital Energies The Sequence of Death Chakras: The Gateways of Exit Chapter 3: The Quality of Death Types of Deaths Predictions of Death Negative Energies Suicide: A Perspective Succour for the Suicidal The Consequences of Suicide Chapter 4: Can Death Be Hacked Cheating Death The Dance of Death Transmigration Seeking Immortality Seeking the Next Dimensions Chapter 5: Mahasamadhi Samadhi and Death Enlightenment and Death Mukti and Mahasamadhi A Few Mahasamadhis PART II: The Gracefulness of Death Become Me Chapter 6: Preparing for a Good Death Does Death Need Preparation Sleep, Ojas and Death Why Do People Fear Death How to Deal with the Fear of Death How to Live One’s Old Age The Wisdom of Vanaprastha Ashrama The Practice of Sallekhana The Significance of Dying in Kashi Chapter 7: Assistance for the Dying The Importance of the Last Moments of Life Helping Suffering People Die About Dying at Home Rituals from Death to the Disposal of the Body Is It All Right to Donate Organs Dematerializing the Body Chapter 8: Assistance for the Disembodied Why Are After-death Rituals Needed Runanubandha—The Web of Debt Kalabhairava Karma—An After-death Ritual at Isha The Scope of Kalabhairava Karma Training People for Death Rituals The Death of Infants The Parent–Offspring Connection in the Afterlife The Importance of Death Anniversaries Ancestor Worship Of Heaven and Hell Chapter 9: Of Grief and Mourning The Essential Nature of Grief Going beyond Grief Articles of the Dead Empathetic Death Large-scale Death and Its Consequences Mourning Period Memorials, Samadhis and Pyramids PART III: Life after Death The Dark One Chapter 10: The Life of a Ghost What Are Ghosts Ghost Troubles Ghost Solutions Dissolving Frozen Beings Nirmanakaya Downloading Beings Chapter 11: The Riddle of Reincarnation Taking on a New Body The Arithmetic of Reincarnation Past-life Recollection in Children Exploring Past Lives Baby Hitler Couples for Lifetimes The Only Enduring Relationship Life beyond a Thousand Moons Birth: Always a Beginning The Rebirth of Lamas My Past Lifetimes Will I Come Back Chapter 12: Final Round One Drop Spirituality Once You Made a Mistake of . . . Footnotes Chapter 1: What Is Death Chapter 2: The Process of Death Chapter 3: The Quality of Death Chapter 4: Can Death Be Hacked Chapter 5: Mahasamadhi Chapter 6: Preparing for a Good Death Chapter 7: Assistance for the Dying Chapter 8: Assistance for the Disembodied Chapter 9: Of Grief and Mourning Chapter 10: The Life of a Ghost Chapter 11: The Riddle of Reincarnation Chapter 12: Final Round Glossary Follow Penguin Copyright PENGUIN ANANDA DEATH Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. Absolute clarity of perception places him in a unique space, not only in matters spiritual but in business, environmental and international affairs, and opens a new door on all that he touches. Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is known as a speaker and opinion maker of international renown. He has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan, India’s highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service. Sadhguru has initiated large-scale ecological initiatives, such as Rally for Rivers and Cauvery Calling, to revitalize India’s severely depleted rivers. These projects have found phenomenal support among India’s people and leadership. They are internationally accredited and recognized as game changers that can establish a blueprint for global economic development that is ecologically sustainable. Sadhguru has been a primary speaker at the United Nations General Assembly and several other UN forums. He has also been regularly invited to speak at establishments such as the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, the House of Lords, the University of Oxford, MIT, Google and Microsoft, to name a few. With a celebratory engagement with life on all levels, Sadhguru’s areas of active involvement encompass fields as diverse as architecture and visual design, poetry and painting, aviation and driving, sports and music. He is the designer of several unique buildings and consecrated spaces at the Isha Yoga Center, which have received wide attention for their combination of intense sacred power and strikingly innovative aesthetics. Three decades ago, Sadhguru established the Isha Foundation, a non- profit human-service organization, with human well-being as its core commitment. Isha is supported by over nine million volunteers in more than 300 centres worldwide. app.sadhguru.org isha.sadhguru.org facebook.com/sadhguru twitter.com/SadhguruJV youtube.com/sadhguru Death Blow An Introduction We all want to live well, and when it is time, die well too. This is the essence of most human aspirations. Within this, much, if not most, of human endeavour is dedicated to living well, and the outcome reflects it. Humans have achieved much in terms of living well. We have managed to acquire more comfort and convenience than any other generation in the past. However, when it comes to dying well, it cannot be said that we die in any way better than our ancestors. Many factors explain why humans were successful with living better but not dying better—the most significant of them being the disparity between the way we treat life and death in our societies. Everywhere in the world, life is mostly considered a success that is to be sung and celebrated, but death is considered a failure that is to be shunned and mourned. Oddly enough, in the construed dichotomy of life and death, it is ‘life’ that is a four-letter word, not ‘death’. Yet, in the world, it is death that gets the bad press. Death is a word whose mere utterance can hush dinner conversations. Children are taught never to utter the word at home, unless the God of Death chooses to visit while the adults are on a quest to invent overly woke euphemisms that try to mask the bluntness of the event with vanity. It is said that humans do not know much about death because they do not know much about life in the first place. Death is a brief occurrence at the end of a long life. But even after having lived a full lifetime, people are clueless about simple questions about life—like, where did we come from and where are we going. So confusion about death is understandable. However, it must be acknowledged that in recent times, humankind has indeed travelled far from its simplistic understanding that ‘Life is God’s gift and death is His wrath.’ Traditionally, it was only religion that people looked up to for the unravelling of this mystery. Adjudication of matters related to death and
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