How we live is how we die

Introduction

The wondrous flow of birth and death

Continual change

Passing memory

How we live is how we die

When the appearances of this life dissolve: the bardo of dying

Mingyur Rinpoche's story

Mother and child luminosity

What goes through the bardos?

The two truths

Propensities

Feel what you feel

The first step to courage: refraining

The second step to courage: a positive take on the kelshas

Two practices for transforming the heart

The third step to courage: emotions as a path of awakening

Five flavors of wisdom

Experiencing things as they are: the bardo of Dharmata

Opening to the sacred world

From openness to concreteness: an eternal pattern

Entering the bardo of becoming

Heart advice

The six realms

Choosing our next birth

Helping others with death and dying

Waking up in the bardo

Conclusion.