Texts related to death

Hi there, budding Buddhist and death care worker interested in learning more specific texts/books speak on the death process as well as concepts of the after life, realms, bardo, etc. Thank you!

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The Theravada view hinges on the difference between samsara and nibbana:

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/samsara.html

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I’ve collected a few of my favorite texts about it in a couple Google Drive Folders:

Hope they help, and welcome to SuttaCentral!

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This is an amazing resource! Thank you for sharing.

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Bhikkhu Analayo compiled a book called ‘Mindfully Facing Disease and Death’, it is a selection of Sutta’s in which the Buddha or another disciple like Ven. Sariputta gives deathbed teachings. The book is freely offered here:

Mindfully Facing Disease and Death, Compassionate Advice from Early Buddhist Texts , Cambridge: Windhorse, 2016. download