Affirmations from the Conscious Manifestation Course with Eckhart Tolle and Kim Eng

I sense my connection to the living energy field that sustains me.
I am moving toward health and wholeness, aligned with the underlying energy of creation.
I feel wealthy.
My life is filled with power.
My life is filled with creativeness and achievement and prosperity.

Afirmaţii

Găsesc pace în a fi pur şi simplu.
Ghidule lăuntric te primesc să mă călăuzeşti spre iubire.
Sunt aici pentru a fi iubire şi a împărtăşi iubire.

Solidarity with Tibet

https://solidaritywithtibet.org/

Bodhisattva vows from Buddha Purnima 2023 by Tibet House Cultural Center of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi shared by Geshe Dorji Damdul

Refuge and Bodhicitta

I go for refuge to the Triple Gem;
I confess the negativities individually;
I rejoice in the virtues of all the beings;
I hold the precious Buddhahood in my heart. (x3)

Gurus, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, please pay heed to me.
Just as the previous Buddhas
Have generated the mind of Bodhicitta,
And just as they successively dwelt
In the Bodhisattva practices,

Likewise, for the benefit of all sentient beings,
I will generate the mind of Bodhicitta,
And likewise, shall I, too,
Successively train in the Bodhisattva practices. (x3)

Throughout my future lifetimes,
May I always be guided by the compassionate Buddha,
And be able to uphold the two precious Bodhicittas,
Even at the cost of my life. (x3)

In order to further increase this (Bodhicitta) from now on,
Those with discernment who have lucidly seized
An Awakening Mind (of Bodhicitta) in this way,
Should highly praise it in the following manner:

Today my life has (borne) fruit;
(Having) well obtained this human existence,
I have been born in the family of the Buddha
And now am one of Buddha's Children.

Thus, whatever actions I do from now on,
Must be in accord with the family.
Never shall I disgrace or pollute
This noble and unsullied race.

Just like a blind man
Discovering a jewel in a heap of rubbish,
Likewise, by some coincidence,
An Awakening Mind has been born within me.

It is the supreme ambrosia
That overcomes the sovereignty of death,
It is the inexhaustible treasure
That eliminates all poverty in the world.

It is the supreme medicine
That quells the world's disease.
It is the tree that shelters all beings
Wandering and tired on the path of conditioned existence.

It is the universal bridge
That leads to freedom from unhappy states of birth
It is the dawning moon of the mind
That dispels the torment of disturbing conceptions.

It is the great sun that finally removes
The misty ignorance of the world.
It is the quintessential butter
From the churning of the milk of Dharma.

For all those guests travelling on the path of
conditioned existence,
Who wish to experience the bounties of happiness,
This will satisfy them with joy
And actually place them in supreme bliss.

Today in the presence of all the Protectors,
I invite the world to be guests
At (a festival of) temporary and ultimate delight,
May gods, demi-gods and all be joyful.

Dedication

I dedicate the merit thus gathered,
Toward the realisation of the deeds and the prayers,
Of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times,
And to the upholding of the doctrine of scripture and insight.
May I in all lives, through the force of this merit,
Never separate from the four wheels of the Mahayana vehicle,
And accomplish all the stages of the path,
Renunciation, Bodhicitta, perfect view and the two stages.

From my two collections, vast as space, that I have amassed
From working with effort at this practice for a great length of time,
May I become the chief leading Buddha for all those
Whose mind's wisdom eye is blinded by ignorance.

Śrī Hanumān Chālīsā

Śrī Hanumān Chālīsā

maṅgala mūrati māruta nandana
sakala amaṅgala mūla nikandana (x2)

śrī guru charaṇ saroja raja nija mana mukura sudhāri
baraṇau raghubara bimala jasu jo dāyaka phala chāri
buddhihīna tanu jānike sumiraū pavana kumār
bala buddhi vidyā dehu mohī harahu kaleśa bikār

siyā vara rāmachandra pada jaya śaraṇaṁ

1. jaya hanumāna jñāna guṇa sāgar
jaya kapīśa tihū loka ujāgar

2. rāma dūta atulita bala dhāmā
añjani putra pavanasuta nāmā

3. mahābīra bikrama bajaraṅgī
kumati nivāra sumati ke saṅgī

4. kañchana barana birāja subesā
kānana kuṇḍala kuñchita kesa

5. hātha vajra au dhvajā birājai
kāṅdhe mūnja jane-ū sājai

6. śaṅkara suvana kesarī nandana
teja pratāpa mahā jaga bandana

7. vidyāvāna guṇī ati chātura
rāma kāja karibe ko ātura

8. prabhu charitra sunibe ko rasiyā
rāma lakhana sītā mana basiyā

9. sūkṣma rūpa dhari siyahī dikhāvā
bikaṭa rūpa dhari laṇka jarāvā

10. bhīma rūpa dhari asura saṅhāre
rāmachandraji ke kāja saṅvāre

11. lāya sajīvana lakhana jiyāye
śrī raghubīra haraṣi ura lāye

12. raghupati kīnhī bahuta baṛā-ī
tuma mama priya bharatahi sama bhā-ī

13. sahasa badana tumharo jasa gāvaī
asa kahi śrīpati kaṇṭha lagāvaī

14. sanakādika brahmādi munīsā
nārada śārada sahita ahīsā

15. yama kubera digapāla jahāṅ te
kabi kobida kahi sake kahāṅ te

16. tuma upakāra sugrīvahī kīnhā
rāma milāya rājapada dīnhā

17. tumharo mantra vibhīṣana mānā
laṇkeśvara bha-e saba jaga jānā

18. yuga sahasra yojana para bhānū
līlyo tāhi madhura phala jānū

19. prabhu mudrikā meli mukha māhīn
jaladhi lāṇghi gaye acharaja nāhīṅ

20. durgama kāja jagata ke jete
sugama anugraha tumhare tete

21. rāma duāre tuma rakhavāre
hota na ājñā binu paisāre

22. saba sukha lahai tumhārī śaranā
tuma rakṣaka kāhū ko ḍara nā

23. āpana teja samhārau āpai
tīnõ loka hāṅka tē kāṅpai

24. bhūta piśācha nikaṭa nahī āvai
mahābīra jaba nāma sunāvai

25. nāsai roga hare saba pīrā
japata nirantara hanumata bīrā

26. saṇkaṭa se hanumāna chhuṛāvai
mana krama bachana dhyāna jo lāvai

27. saba para rāma tapasvī rājā
tina ke kāja sakala tuma sājā

28. aura manoratha jo ko-ī lāvai
so-ī amita jīvana phala pāvai

29. chārõ yuga paratāpa tumhārā
hai parasiddha jagata ujiyārā

30. sādhu santa ke tuma rakhavāre
asura nikandana rāma dulāre

31. aṣṭa siddhi nau nidhi ke dātā
asa bara dīna jānakī mātā

32. rāma rasāyana tūmhare pāsā
sadā raho raghupati ke dāsā

33. tumhare bhajana rāmaji ko pāvai
janma janma ke duḥkha bisarāvai

34. anta kāla raghubara pura jā-ī
jahāṅ janma hari-bhakta kahā-ī

35. aura devatā chitta na dhara-ī
hanumata se-i sarva sukha kara-ī

36. sankaṭa kaṭai miṭai saba pīrā
jo sumirai hanumata bala bīrā

37. jai jai jai hanumāna gosā-ī
kṛpā karahu gurudeva kī nā-ī

38. jo shata bāra pāṭha kara ko-ī
chhūṭahi bandi mahā sukha ho-ī

39. jo yaha paṛe hanumāna chālīsā
hoya siddhi sākhī gaurīsā

40. tulasīdāsa sadā hari cherā
kījai nātha hṛdaya mahā ḍerā

pavana tanaya saṅkaṭa harana maṅgala mūrati rūpa
rāma lakhana sītā sahita hṛdaya basahu sura bhūpa

siyā vara rāmchandra pada jaya śaraṇaṁ

Rituals for the departed in various traditions

Mourning in Judaism:

Aninut between death and burial:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/364290/jewish/The-State-of-Onain-Deep-Distress.htm https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/291135/jewish/Shiva-and-Other-Mourning-Observances.htm

Shiva, the 7 days (3+4) after burial:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/281584/jewish/What-Is-Shiva.htm

Sheloshim, 30 days after burial:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/291135/jewish/Shiva-and-Other-Mourning-Observances.htm

The first year after burial.

Also Kaddish is recited by men:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/291136/jewish/The-Basics.htm

text of the mourner's Kaddish:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/371110/jewish/Text-of-the-Mourners-Kaddish.htm

How jews approach death:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/282496/jewish/How-Jews-Approach-Death.htm

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/266275/jewish/Death-Mourning.htm

There is a course of "Life after Death - a discovery of the soul's journey in the afterlife" on Chabad that I participated and recommend:

https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/course_cdo/aid/5268919/jewish/Life-After-Death.htm

and a book on afterlife "Seven Conversations with Jerry" by Rabbi Avraham Plotkin who is presenting the above course:

https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/4999660/jewish/A-Seasoned-Rabbi-Writes-an-Engrossing-New-Novel-on-the-Afterlife.htm

also by Rabbi Steve Leder "The Beauty of what remains":

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54705911-the-beauty-of-what-remains

and "For you when I am gone", also by by Rabbi Steve Leder, on how to write an ethical will:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58985549-for-you-when-i-am-gone

The services for the departed in Christianity:

The 3 days after death, 9 days after death, 40 days after death, 3 months after death, 6 months after death, 9 months after death, 1 year after death, every year up to 7 years after passing, yearly in the Saturdays for celebrating the departed (winter, summer).

https://www.oca.org/questions/deathfunerals/prayers-for-the-departed
https://www.oca.org/questions/deathfunerals/prosphora-for-ill-and-departed

In Buddhism:

There are observed 49 days after passing in which the soul is in a Bardo state. Garchen Institute is performing Jangchock periodically. You can find more details here: https://garchen.net/annual-events/ including prayer texts and you can send the names of the departed to dedications@garchen.net by Wednesday prior to the Jangchock. There is also Jangchock for the living.

There is a book by Shunmyo Masuno that I started reading and reached the pages with the departed but haven't read them yet. The book is called "Don't worry: 48 lessons on Achieving Calm".

Here is a poem to contemplate of No-coming, No-going from Plum Village:

Contemplation on No-coming, No-going

This body is not me.
I am not limited by this body.
I am life without boundaries
I have never been born,
and I have never died.

Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars,
manifestations from my wondrous True Mind.

Since before time, I have been free.
Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,
sacred thresholds on our journey.
Birth and death are a game of hide-and-seek.

So laugh with me,
hold my hand,
let us say good-bye,
say good-bye, to meet again soon.

We meet today.
We will meet again tomorrow.
We will meet at the source every moment.
We meet each other in all forms of life.

Here a lung on Zhitro by Lama Tsultrim Allione:

https://www.youtube.com/live/C3LU78PMvno

and here a Bardo meditation with Jai Dev Singh:

https://youtu.be/1A8cDdHuMqI

The Bardo Thodol practice from Padmasambhava translated by Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup aka "The Tibetan Book of the Dead":

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-tibetan-book-of-the/9781398810242-item.html

A movie by Werner Herzog on hearing in Bardo

https://vimeo.com/87617491

also there is a Bardo app available for iPhone and Android by OSHO's:

https://www.osho.com/mobile/osho-bardo

also available here:

https://oshosammasati.org/osho-meditation/products/osho-bardo/

and here a free guide for visiting the dying:

https://oshosammasati.org/a-guide-to-visiting-the-dying/

Hinduism:

Kalabhairava Karma and Kalabhairava Shanti are offtered by Isha:

https://lingabhairavi.org/offerings-and-rituals/kalabhairava-karma/

registration for Kalabhairava Karma:

https://prs.isha.in/html/forms.html/registration_kbk_yaml

Mahalaya Amavasya:

https://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/yoga-meditation/science-of-yoga/significance-of-mahalaya-amavasya/

Stages of death and importance of death rituals:

https://isha.sadhguru.org/uk/en/wisdom/article/stages-of-death-rituals

Books I love

First I would like to tell a line that I heard from a childhood friend:

Two glances in life and one in books.

With that said here are some of the books I love:

Gabby Bernstein's "You are the Guru" and "May cause miracles"
Lev Tolstoy's "The Gospel in brief"
Linda Johnsen's "Lost masters"
Deepak Chopra's "The Deeper wound: Recovering the soul from fear and suffering", "Total meditation" and "The 7 Spiritual Laws for parents"
Haim Shapira's "The wisdom of King Solomon"
Ram Dass's "Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita" and "Polishing the mirror"
Mallika Chopra's "My body is a rainbow: The color of my feelings", "Just breathe", "Just feel", "Just be you"
Amy Buetens and Julie Weinstein's "You are the Universe"
Eckhart Tolle and Patrick McDonnell's "Guardians of Being"
Louise L. Hay's "Experience your Good Now!: Learning to use affirmations"