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Title: The Nine Contemplations of Atisha Post by: Serena Duvet on Feb 19, 2012 11:20 am The Nine Contemplations of Atisha
Joan Halifax Roshi The Nine Contemplations offer a way to explore the inevitability of death and what is important to us in the light of our mortality. The practice asks us to question what we are doing in our life at this very moment and to see what is important for us to do in order to prepare for death. The contemplations come from Atisha, an eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, who systematized the method for generating an enlightened mind. This practice is based on the work of Larry Rosenberg. See this link for the Nine Contemplations Practice: http://www.upaya.org/roshi/dox/Contemplations.pdf Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May by John William Waterhouse 1909 (http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i411/KikiDuvet/407328_386503848033555_100000218297937_1751539_1904214517_n-1.jpg) http://www.upaya.org/roshi/dox/Contemplations.pdf Title: Re: The Nine Contemplations of Atisha Post by: Jitendra Hydonus on Feb 20, 2012 06:44 am The Nine Contemplations of Atisha Joan Halifax Roshi The Nine Contemplations offer a way to explore the inevitability of death and what is important to us in the light of our mortality. The practice asks us to question what we are doing in our life at this very moment and to see what is important for us to do in order to prepare for death. The contemplations come from Atisha, an eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, who systematized the method for generating an enlightened mind. This practice is based on the work of Larry Rosenberg. See this link for the Nine Contemplations Practice: http://www.upaya.org/roshi/dox/Contemplations.pdf Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May by John William Waterhouse 1909 (http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i411/KikiDuvet/407328_386503848033555_100000218297937_1751539_1904214517_n-1.jpg) http://www.upaya.org/roshi/dox/Contemplations.pdf Preparing for death we have no time better than now to practice kindness and increase our relationship with the hand that takes us thru that portal at that unknown moment. In a little while back in mother's arms again. What a repetitious ride. Jitendra |