TY  - BOOK
AU  - Becker,Carl B.
TI  - Breaking the circle: death and the afterlife in Buddhism 
SN  - 0809318458 (alk. paper)
AV  - BQ4530 .B43 1993
U1  - 294.3423 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Carbondale
PB  - Southern Illinois University Press
KW  - Future life
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Death
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-185) and index; 1. Rebirth in Early Buddhism. The Importance of Rebirth. Rebirth and Identity. Difficulties with Rebirth -- 2. The Nirvana Alternative. Annihilation. Eternal Life. An Ethical State in This World. A Selfless State of Postmortem Existence -- 3. The Afterlife in Pure Land Buddhism. The Mahayana Idea of Merit Transference. Bodhisattvas. Buddha Fields. Descriptions of the Pure Land. The Ontology of the Pure Land -- 4. Finding the Pure Land Oneself. Meditation in Theory and Practice. Deathbed Visions. Implications for Modern Scholarship -- 5. Tibetan Buddhism and the Book of the Dead. The Tibetan Worldview. Pre-Buddhist Tibetan Philosophy and Religion. Vajrayana Buddhism. The Book of the Dead. Philosophical Issues -- 6. Models for Survival. An Afterlife Conforming to Personal Expectations. Reincarnation. An Ethereal Astral World. An Ideational Next World. Impersonal Transcendental States. Possible Afterlife Scenarios. The Afterlife and Rewards for Goodness; 7. Buddhist Ethics of Death and Dying. Death, Dying, and Bioethics in Japan. Buddhism and the Acceptance of Death. Early Buddhist Views of Suicide and Euthanasia. Buddhist Suicide and Dignified Death in Japan. Samurai Seppuku and Euthanasia. Rights and Responsibilities
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/92043710-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/92043710-d.html
ER  -