"Tukdam" Movie Screening & Commentary

SKOOL: Members receive personal meditaation coaching and practical life advice: www.skool.com/five-foundations-of-meditation-7953/about GOFUNDME: Support more here: https://gofund.me/86c2e223b FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/groups/680043360573458 FILM'S DESCRIPTION "This feature documentary explores a phenomenon that blurs life and death to an unprecedented degree. In what Tibetan Buddhists call 'tukdam', advanced meditators die in a consciously controlled manner. Though dead according to our biomedical standards, they often stay sitting upright in meditation. Remarkably, their bodies remain fresh and lifelike, without signs of decay for days, sometimes weeks after clinical death. Following ground-breaking scientific research into tukdam and taking us into intimate death stories of Tibetan meditators, the film juxtaposes scientific and Tibetan perspectives as it tries to unravel the mystery of 'tukdam'." INRODUCTION 1:44 Defining tukdam (thukdam) 4:17 What is the Tukdam Project? (tukdamproject.org/) 4:51 Defining death and decompotions, so as to understand tukdam 10:45 Are people in tukdam meditation clinically dead? 11:55 Are people in tukdam dead long enough for it to be scientifically interesting? PART 1 14:50 Actual Film: Beginning of Part 1 16:31 Who is the Dalai Lama? (dalailama.com) See also Ganden Tripa: https://tibet.net/the-105th-gaden-tri... 20:01 Meditator in tukdam for 11 days 21:00 Discussing "winds" collecting at the yogi's heart 26:54 The "subtle energies" of the body 29:05 Body Maps of Emotion: "Chakra" and "channel" systems in Western thought 31:50 Tummo or Inner Fire meditation 36:59 Powa (phowa) meditation 39:02 Rainbow body meditation 41:25 Summarizing this background discussion 44:14 Continuing with the film 46:34 The "skin elasticity" test for people in tukdam (note: skin typically "loses elasticity within a few minutes of death" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539741) 52:01 Building medical/neurological profiles for those who will likely enter tukdam 55:34 The Hard Problem of consciousness 59:22 Consciousness is strage: the apple example 1:05:58 The "sixth sense" of Buddhist epistemology 1:08:11 End of "Part 1" Recap PART 2 1:12:26 Beginning of Part 2 1:13:30 Tai Situ Rinpoche on tukdam (tergar.org/tai-situ-rinpoche) 1:14:23 Unpacking Rinpoche's "non-dual" description of tukdam 1:19:10 Images of Tenga Rinpoche in tukdam (https://www.tilogaard.dk/Short_Biogra...) 1:24:06 Vanessa Lopes (mortician/embalmer) discusses Tenga Rinpoche's body 1:24:56 On Tenga Rinpoche's tukdam 1:32:13 On Tibetan medical knowledge & the tantras 1:35:11 On the four subtle consciousnesses that occur at the time of death 1:44:25 Future research directions: what happens in the first several hours of tukdam? 1:48:28 Scientific misunderstandings of Tibetan Buddhist claims 1:53:45 A shorter tukdam is better than a long one PART 3 1:58:06 Beginning of Part 3 1:58:11 Western doctors describe 16th Karmapa's Tukdam. Brief bio of 16th Karmapa: karmapa.org/life-16th-karmapa/ 2:00:00 Commenting on "heat around heart" 2:03:57 Is tukdam "mind over matter"? The brain loses the ability to produce conscious experiences within ~30-80 secods of losing oxygen (bloodflow). 2:06:08 Japanese Buddhist mummies (sokushinbutsu - www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g02008/) 2:10:50 Interview with a Buddhist monk living in retreat for 20 years 2:16:40 Cultural differences between Scientists and Tibetan Buddhist practioners 2:18:00 Short aside about Philosophy of Science 2:24:30 Another aside about the limits of science 2:35:05 Wrapping up and final thoughts ORIGINAL FILM vimeo.com/857320140 MORE INFORMATION ON TANTRAS & "WINDS" tenzinzopa.com/ebook/ebook/Fourclasses.pdf #buddha #lifeafterdeath #meditation #meditationtechniques #tantra #monks #nuns #buddhismforbeginners #buddhism #buddhist #energy #chigong #neidan #daoism #taoism #mummy #tibet #tibetan #chakras #tummo #tantricmeditations #innerfire #psychology #sixthsense #psychicenergy #mummy #meditation #mindfulness #meditate #meditationpractice #guidedmeditation #dailymeditation #mindfulliving #innerpeace #selfawareness #selfgrowth #spiritualgrowth #mentalclarity #stressrelief #anxietyrelief #calm #presence #consciousness #awareness #breathwork #wellness #wellbeing #healing #personaldevelopment #buddhism #taoism #dharma #zen #vipassana #samatha #nonduality #buddhism #buddha #meditation #meditationtechniques #lamrim #stagesofdevelopment