{"id":739,"date":"2022-07-12T05:16:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T05:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/?page_id=739"},"modified":"2022-07-12T07:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T07:52:39","slug":"3-envisioning-the-afterlife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/?page_id=739","title":{"rendered":"(3) Envisioning the Afterlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Content Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This section has the following page: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/?page_id=48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pure Lands<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/C22C05C6-B50C-42C3-826D-DE05A210F426-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-743\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/C22C05C6-B50C-42C3-826D-DE05A210F426-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/C22C05C6-B50C-42C3-826D-DE05A210F426-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/C22C05C6-B50C-42C3-826D-DE05A210F426-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/C22C05C6-B50C-42C3-826D-DE05A210F426-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/preparing-for-dying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/C22C05C6-B50C-42C3-826D-DE05A210F426-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Listen, Contemplate, Meditate<\/strong>  <br><br>Four Meditations to Produce the Conditions for Rebirth in the Pure Land of Sukhavati:<br><br>(1) Contemplate the details of Buddha Amitabha \u2014 the Buddha who created the Pure Land of Sukhavati for human beings.<br><br>(2) Accumulate merit \u2014 even though the transfer of merit from Amitabha is a principal force in our rebirth in Sukhavati, we need our own merit.<br><br>(3) Develop the mind of enlightenment \u2014 that is,\u00a0<em>bodhicitta<\/em>.<br><br>(4) Dedicate the merit you have gathered for rebirth in Sukhavati \u2014 and make heartfelt aspirations to be reborn there.<br><br>(Source: Holecek, Andrew.\u00a0<em>Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition<\/em>. 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