Photo by Corey Leopold

Geshe Tashi Tsering, resident lama at Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London, explains the significance of rituals when a person has died and begins “Transitions Part III: Funeral Ceremonies” the third installation of Mandala’s three-part series on life’s major transitions – birth, marriage, and death – in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The complete article features even more advice from Geshe Gelek Chodpa, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Geshe Lama Konchog.

From Mandala October-November 2004.