My mother died a week ago after eleven days of not drinking water. She had late stage Alzheimer's and had lost her ability to swallow, aspirated on her medications and developed pneumonia. I have had many experiences with death since 2016 and have experienced samadhi once so I knew a lot what to expect. I helped her to cross over without pain or fear and without morphine. Her lungs were clear and she had no air hunger. She awakened from the semi-comatose state and became pure awareness in the moments before her death. I believe that she transcended and achieved moksha after a lifetime of karma yoga and many years of meditation in the last years of the dementia. It was a very beautiful and profound experience to be with her and the whole process went exactly as she had wanted and as I had worked for years to give her. I know she continues to exist, even if she has chosen to no longer reincarnate. I have very little grief, much less than I thought I would have, because she died so well. I feel peace.
Incredibly beautiful and logical. As a medical professional , my job now is to explain to medics that consciousness persists, ‘spiritual care’ is not some throwaway term to let the chaplain deal with, but an essential part of medical care and must be acknowledged and studied ( more) and accepted as material, not religious.
@galaxymetta5974 I’m not sure if it will address your disappointment, but I found it incredibly reassuring to know someone who had spent their life cultivating a loving heart, who when they did develop dementia later in life, would often not recognise the people around them, but whoever they saw they would look at with kind eyes, hold their hand and tell them they loved them. It seemed that perhaps those awful diseases can take away the surface of the mind, but what is really deep within us remains. Just some thoughts offered in case it’s helpful.
I am a British man, somewhat "rational-minded" and for years I have had Out of Body Experiences and 'Lucid Dreams'. These experiences have taught me that consciousness is not wholly connected to my brain. When I have these experiences I am definitely NOT inside my physical body. It's hard to explain to skeptical people unless they experience it themselves. I do not need to prove anything to anyone. My experiences alone have made me realise death is not the end.
@@modernbuddhismpodcastI have had the same experiences…. Didn’t give me all the answers, in fact didn’t even relieve the intense suffering I am going through…. But it’s not the end. So so hard to explain to others. It’s like explaining swimming in water to someone who has never encountered water.
@@bartmirathey happen to you… at least the OBEs, in my experience. The lucid dreaming can be practiced apparently and prepped for… look to Steiner’s writings and Tom Campbell’s more recent work
This American Buddhist Nurse/Nun is a real spiritual teacher. No nonsense, no scriptural complexity, just supremely practical advice for the transitional process we call death. A process we must all face, with awareness or not. Many Thanks with Metta
@sylvias.7048 I couldn't agree more. We have more episodes with Gen Gomlam on the way - in the meantime do check out the other episodes on the channel. Thank you for your comment.
Thank you for this very important discussion I'm a senior citizen living in Thailand and we are living in the rural rice producing area and we have a local Wat temple in our village and every morning the young and old monks walk through the village to collect alms, and give blessings Buddhism here in Thailand is very strong and the people really do respect the teachings of the buddha and to be here at my age I'm happy and content... Patrick
have you ever been to darmamsala in India ? I spent a long time in India from 1970/71 and I still visit my friends who are Hindu and they live in Haridwar on the Ganges near to Rishikesh which is a very spiritual place.. during the early 80's I was involved in building an ashram in bhagsunath upper dharmsala and whilst there I met many Tibetan people and monk's and lama's and back then it was very different to today it's becoming too overcrowded and the atmosphere has changed so much but I'm going back almost 50 years if you haven't been to darmamsala yet I think now that the repair works have been finished since the landslide a few years ago it might be a good time for you to visit ..I like your podcast and I wish you success for the future Om Mani Padme Om .. Patrick
This was a very moving conversation … to hear how meditation and Buddhism has changed Gen Gonlam personally is deeply inspiring. It was immensely helpful to hear a conversation about death that linked the theory of death from Buddhist teachings with her own experience and that of others she worked with, so illuminating. Her eloquent and thoughtful reflections brought me to tears at times. Just beautiful! ❤
You never know what’s gonna show up in your TH-cam feed ..this talk did for me and it was a fantastic conversation in terms of the energy of the whole conversation and the subject matter. Thank you….
I had an NDE through pneumonia, some 25+ years ago. The experience was so profound that I left my job and sold my small home, then bought a beautiful piece of land in north UK to try and live a better life rather than be a work slave until death. It's been hard but rewarding to live alone, creating woodland and orchards and practicing my artistic passions. Now I'm being sought as a place to stay for relief from the world's madness, which is slightly discombobulating. But I'm at a place where I have no fear of death, rather a fear of dying having had an unfulfilled life. I think I'm getting past that and marked my burial place in my woodland glade with a large glacial limestone boulder.....my death stone❤ The funny thing is that I've no time to die, as I've listed waaaay to many projects that I want to do.
This confirms exactly what I believe. No one knows WHERE consciousness exists. Some people believe its a product of the brain- yet people who have been brain dead, by every medical definition, have had conscious experiences. Consciousness is ENERGY and every scientist in the world today knows you cannot destroy energy, you can only change it into something else. There is no such thing as death.
May I add…I recently heard there’s no such thing as “brain death”. That was a term made up by hospitals to justify harvesting live organs. Your body is either dead-dead or alive. Her story of “how long death takes *in a natural setting*” is an eye opener. I think modern ho$pitals aren’t truly there to help us.
Just like we do not know how life is preserved awaiting ones birth to come and comment here, we may just be getting ahead of ourselves in thinking we know the next stage. I have had general anaesthetic more than three times, and the silence in the gap between sleep and waking surprises me. Where goes me when my brain is not reseaving the message of living due to anaethised? I also have exposure with dementia patients, and there, too, one sees how critical the ones brain is. But I also feel life does not die when the organism dies. Confusedotcom over here, I am afraid😂
When You say “to soothe my soul” means that who is speaking is not the soul. Soul is the blue print of the body a sporadic manifestación of the Concience. 🇵🇸
@echolewis2821 I’m so glad we could help - It’s wonderful to hear that these conversations are reaching people and fostering that sense of connectedness. Thank you for sharing!
Modern research on Near Death Experience by Raymond moody, reincarnation memories by Ian Stevenson/Jim trucker and past lives regression by Brian Weiss all independently but coincidentally show that our consciousness survive death, we live many lives and our thoughts and actions matter in the hereafter. So be kind and helpful to others, be virtuous, meditate and cultivate ourselves to higher spiritual levels. Cheers.
What a beautiful episode! Thank you to Gen Kelsang Gomlam for sharing her experiences and deeply held scientific beliefs. I am so appreciative of her calm strength and quiet dedication.
@deborahcavel-greant6155 She really is so amazing - we have another amazing episode with Gen Gomlam coming soonish :-) - it had us all in tears in the studio it's that powerful.
My mother passed after suffering dementia. In her last weeks she couldn’t eat, struggled with fluids and was on some kind of drip. I was with her during her last 9 hours, internally her organs were breaking down she would choke and vomit blood, every time the caring staff changed her bedding and mum’s nightgown this happened three or four times in her last hours. It wasn’t an easy peaceful death more a wretched struggle. If I had the means and courage I would have ended her life, during those last three hours. That suffering was unnecessary, unkind. Nobody leaves, nobody dies, no-one is born. The body is the vehicle for experience, you and I are before and after experience. Experience is transitional ever changing, relative not ultimate. Death is change, that’s it really. Mind makes up the story of a you and me, mother and son, that’s what beings do. I let the beautiful story of mum down, just like society I did not compassionately end that bodily energy into transition which always happens anyway, into dust or fire. My mother was/is a beautiful story alive in me, and when the time comes my true self will watch the story of Bryan die. My hope is that I end my life more gracefully and peaceful than my dear mum.
Hello zendog8592: your story affected me so I am responding thus: my brother was dying, (badly) a prolonged cancer struggle, not enough pain killers and meds as he was in a third world country and friends took all the guns and ammunition away from the house to stop him killing himself - not that he could get to them as he couldn't walk! In retrospect, I wish I had helped him end his own life, as he had wanted to. It would have been the compassionate thing to do. Instead, I, coward that I am, obeyed the law out of fear and left nature to cruelly take its time and cause him terrible suffering for the next several months. When he died I did not cry, I was literally "all cried out"; I was grateful he didn't have to endure any more pain and for the first time, in what seemed like ages, actually felt relief. Your story touched me very deeply. We will continue to learn life's hard lessons - there must be a reason for it all because otherwise the miracle of life makes no sense at all. I am a great believer that we go on once we leave our bodies to perish. We live in a great mystery.
I hope you know that you are not alone in your pain, grief and struggles. Thank you so much for sharing your insight, and I hope that you may be compassionate and loving to yourself just as you are to your mom, and everyone else.
It always amazes me to hear about someone else who has gone through different experiences and life paths, and we understand, see, and perceive exactly the same. This is beautiful dialogue. I felt deeply content while listening.
How uplifting.........we are not even the mind. Who were we before our mind developed? This can reveal the unchanging innermost Self. But, it must be experienced. Understanding is the booby prize in life. My previous experience revealed that Who I am is prior to the arising of the mind.
@@modernbuddhismpodcast - Absolutely! Gen Gonlam sharing her experiences, compassion, and wisdom really gave my faith a big boost. Thank you GG & Adam & MBP Team! This production is awesome. What benefit it will bring. Yay!
Thank you for the interview Kadam Adam & your inspiring story Gen Gomlam. Amazingly helpful conversation for everyone. I’ll be sure to share this with others. ❤
No more pains. No more sufferings. Your body system is meant to function without them and it will. Wishing you peace and wellness, even when it seems there's no hope for it anymore.
Thank you for this! Gen Gomlam really instills me with confidence to let of clinging to the limited and limiting idea of who I am while I can! It is brilliant to read the comments of others who have also been blessed by listening to this valuable conversation.
Thank you for the video. I am a hospital chaplain and have an affinity for helping dying patients. Your podcast has lit a new thought in my mind. I will listen and read and follow this call I feel.
I found Buddhism after a See the Light NDE. ❤. There is no travel time, you’re suddenly there. In the purest light and feeling a love that is unavailable to us in human form. 😊. I wasn’t religious then and certainly not now. But, I know we come back until we get it right. And, you live with the same spirits over and over as well. Your pet was your mother in a past life. Treat them well ❤
Humans can only be humans, not animals! All the timsz i came back i was only a human. be humans. I never came back as an anmal. I lived 5 times that i can recall and remember only being a human. Lmbo.
One thing that challenges this idea for me is, how could it be the case that we reincarnate with the same spirits from a previous life, when more and more people are being born on this planet? And why would we just reincarnate on Earth alone when the universe is so unfathomably massive? Wouldn't it be more likely that we would reincarnate in different star systems, on different planets?
We come back until we get it right? So, we live this life without any remembrance of a past life, but yet we are punished somehow for something we don't remember? So, should I spank my older children for things they don't remember doing as a toddler? I think the only way we learn from our mistakes is to REMEMBER the mistake so that we don't do it again. Living this life and getting it wrong, dying, and then thrown back in the pit to start over from scratch is a bit extreme, especially if we have a God of unconditional love and forgiveness. Just my opinion.
Like a lot of people I have always had a strong fear of dying/sever illness, through your life experiences, questions and observations, I feel much more relaxed like yourself I need to question more. Thank you
My dad was with my grandfather when the grandfather died. Dad said he saw a "grey mist" leave his father's body when he died. I have no doubt he was talking the truth, my dad is not fanciful.
P.S i also had open heart surgery in 2017 December here in Thailand my surgeon and I talked about everything including life and death he being a Buddhist gave me only good advice and my operation was a success 🙏
Thank you for sharing this interview with us! "Mind and Death," as a religious science believer who learned the science of mind, non-religious but welcoming everyone, strengthens my faith, helps me grow, and teaches me not to be afraid but to share whatever help I can give to others.
Very much needed one, loved it all through. How buddhist teaching help's one overcome the haunting fear of death or rather handling it the right way was something nice to listen. Thanks a lot for this podcast.
@lmansur1000 So glad you enjoyed it - she’s is so amazing! There are more episodes with Gen Gomlam coming, in the meantime do check out some of our other episodes.
Bring them all in to my heart That includes everyone Unconditionally Rather than looking to worship false idols, Buddhists seek to understand the way people and themselves think! The way the mind works!
Thank you, for sharing your experiences. The caring woman, riddled with cancer, still showed compassion, for her husband -preparing meals, for her husband before she passed. Without drugs, pain free. Strong faith.
@sisterdiggins Thanks for tuning in. I couldn't agree more! There was so much to think about and learn from in this interview. Do check out some of our other podcasts. They are equally inspiring and thought-provoking.
Her voice is just so soothing and wise, I feel so calm after listening to her. I can't believe this video is almost an hour long, it seemed like 15 minutes!
@josthom Thank you for watching and for sharing this interesting insight. It's our pleasure to be bringing these meaningful conversations to the world.
Thank you I am so grateful for hearing this and that it found me. I have been studying Buddhist teachings for 2 decades and at a crossroads of what i want to do next and this sounds like a wonderful path to take. ❤🙏 namaste
Great interview. One of my favorite quotes from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy (who discovered Christian Science in 19th century America) is "Brain is not mind." Although she never studied Buddhism, the fact that both of these great teachers had similar incites into the nature of mind as separate from body is fascinating and encouraging because it shows that this teaching goes beyond being religious or denominational, but touches on universal truth available to anyone to understand and practice in their life.
@4Nvoice Thanks for sharing this quote and your reflections on this subject. The parallel you point out is indeed fascinating and certainly points to a universal truth that transcends any one faith or belief system. This was the first thing I loved about Buddhism when I was new. I didn't feel I was being forced to believe anything simply because 'this is what Buddhists believe', but rather that I was being provided with the means to explore the true nature of things in my own experience - of happiness, suffering, my mind, the world and so on.
Thank you both so much for such a beautiful conversation. This is my first visit to your channel. I have subscribed and will recommend you to my friends. I am a Pagan and it seems I am trying to live a Buddhist way of life without knowing it. I am definitely going to learn more about this wonderful practice. Blessed Be from Canada. ❤
Thank you for your comment @dianethompson2458 and welcome to our channel! Wonderful to hear that this inspiring conversation has resonated with how you're aspiring to live your life. Thank you for subscribing and sharing with others, and we hope you enjoy watching the other conversations posted so far. There'll be a new one each week.
I've been with children who were dying for 20 years. They have very similar experiences, no fear, only worry that their parents and often pets will be OK. I've had a difficult time with depression for years with no religion that even touch the pain. Have begun my path with Buddhism = feeling hopeful.
@riverrun3995 Thank you for sharing this very intimate insight from your experience - more examples of the power of compassion that Gen Gomlam refers to, even when staring one's own mortality full in the face. It's wonderful to hear that you're feeling hopeful after years of difficulty. We do have an interview exploring the subject of depression and Buddhist practice being released in future. Do keep an eye out for it!
I read once that when we die we dont really go, we just take on a different form. Thank you for this, I intend to learn as much as I can about the non event that is death
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8, 1926 - August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying (1969). She lived a life of compassion and service.
It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are. ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926 - 2004)
I wonder where could I listen more to Gen Gomlam . Today's podcast gave me a small purpose, to extract and trow away the negativity from my life. Thank you, both
@danasufaru4763 She’s so inspiring isn’t she! She teaches mainly in Florida but also around the US - there’s a link to her Meditation Centre in the video description - and if you search ‘Gen Gomlam’ there are some other great videos of her online. We do have more episodes with her coming soon, so stay tuned - also check out the other episodes, some amazing stuff there!
What an imspiring interview, especially the insights regarding negativity and positivity plus reminding me to appreciate every single cell in my bofy to infuse love in my entire body.
I just found your channel and I've enjoy the interviews I've seen so far. I like the serene interview style. Looking forward to seeing more in the future 😊
Love this❤ have a fascination with death since being a child just couldn't work it all out it didn't seem possible to exist and then not do forever, this lady is the right person for hospice care she just has that gentle presence shes wonderful ❤️
@carolinebielby5924 Absolutely agree - she is so gentle, kind and reassuring... and so much wisdom from having been there at those profound moments with many people.
While outside of my body, in that state of greater awareness, I was able to witness the inner workings of the brain in my physical body. It is something like an orchestra without a conductor. One dream after another would occupy the theater of the brain, with somewhat randomly associated connections.
We humans are stupid. Allowing a natural death by turning off machines does not prevent the dying from suffering. As is the case with the nun's story, the dying lived another 27 hours. That's crazy. We prevent our pets from suffering by administering a sedative and sodium pentothal for a timely demise, yet we don't for humans. If I get terminal cancer, the sad part isn't that I will die from cancer, it is that I don't have a way of going with dignity. I have to diy my death to prevent my own suffering.
My mother died a week ago after eleven days of not drinking water. She had late stage Alzheimer's and had lost her ability to swallow, aspirated on her medications and developed pneumonia. I have had many experiences with death since 2016 and have experienced samadhi once so I knew a lot what to expect. I helped her to cross over without pain or fear and without morphine. Her lungs were clear and she had no air hunger. She awakened from the semi-comatose state and became pure awareness in the moments before her death. I believe that she transcended and achieved moksha after a lifetime of karma yoga and many years of meditation in the last years of the dementia. It was a very beautiful and profound experience to be with her and the whole process went exactly as she had wanted and as I had worked for years to give her. I know she continues to exist, even if she has chosen to no longer reincarnate. I have very little grief, much less than I thought I would have, because she died so well. I feel peace.
@DevaTemple that's incredibly beautiful - thank you for sharing
Incredibly beautiful and logical. As a medical professional , my job now is to explain to medics that consciousness persists, ‘spiritual care’ is not some throwaway term to let the chaplain deal with, but an essential part of medical care and must be acknowledged and studied ( more) and accepted as material, not religious.
thank you
Inspiring though a little bit disappointed that meditation could not halt dementia and brain disease. Cheers.
@galaxymetta5974 I’m not sure if it will address your disappointment, but I found it incredibly reassuring to know someone who had spent their life cultivating a loving heart, who when they did develop dementia later in life, would often not recognise the people around them, but whoever they saw they would look at with kind eyes, hold their hand and tell them they loved them. It seemed that perhaps those awful diseases can take away the surface of the mind, but what is really deep within us remains. Just some thoughts offered in case it’s helpful.
I am a British man, somewhat "rational-minded" and for years I have had Out of Body Experiences and 'Lucid Dreams'. These experiences have taught me that consciousness is not wholly connected to my brain. When I have these experiences I am definitely NOT inside my physical body. It's hard to explain to skeptical people unless they experience it themselves. I do not need to prove anything to anyone. My experiences alone have made me realise death is not the end.
@Dion_Mustard Thank you for sharing this!
How do you do it? Lucid dreaming and OBE's?
@@modernbuddhismpodcastI have had the same experiences…. Didn’t give me all the answers, in fact didn’t even relieve the intense suffering I am going through…. But it’s not the end. So so hard to explain to others. It’s like explaining swimming in water to someone who has never encountered water.
@@bartmirathey happen to you… at least the OBEs, in my experience. The lucid dreaming can be practiced apparently and prepped for… look to Steiner’s writings and Tom Campbell’s more recent work
@@peterbuckley9731 thank you!
This American Buddhist Nurse/Nun is a real spiritual teacher. No nonsense, no scriptural complexity, just supremely practical advice for the transitional process we call death. A process we must all face, with awareness or not. Many Thanks with Metta
@sylvias.7048 I couldn't agree more. We have more episodes with Gen Gomlam on the way - in the meantime do check out the other episodes on the channel. Thank you for your comment.
Thank you for this very important discussion I'm a senior citizen living in Thailand and we are living in the rural rice producing area and we have a local Wat temple in our village and every morning the young and old monks walk through the village to collect alms, and give blessings Buddhism here in Thailand is very strong and the people really do respect the teachings of the buddha and to be here at my age I'm happy and content... Patrick
@AaAa-hl1zg Thank you for sharing your story - sounds delightful!
have you ever been to darmamsala in India ? I spent a long time in India from 1970/71 and I still visit my friends who are Hindu and they live in Haridwar on the Ganges near to Rishikesh which is a very spiritual place.. during the early 80's I was involved in building an ashram in bhagsunath upper dharmsala and whilst there I met many Tibetan people and monk's and lama's and back then it was very different to today it's becoming too overcrowded and the atmosphere has changed so much but I'm going back almost 50 years if you haven't been to darmamsala yet I think now that the repair works have been finished since the landslide a few years ago it might be a good time for you to visit ..I like your podcast and I wish you success for the future Om Mani Padme Om .. Patrick
Sending you sunshine from Texas! Thanks for sharing the beauty of witnessing monks’ lives in such a beautiful area.
Great, best wishes from Lancashire England
Check out Siem Riep Cambodia and Ankor Wat buddist temples 8th wonder of the world
🌈 The tone used by both the interviewer and interviewee are so calm! 🙏
@benjamintingkahhin1363 Yes, Adam and Gen Gomlam are just great - I could listen to them for hours! More episodes with them both are on the way 😊
Even I felt the calmness n lots of patience while episode❤
This was a very moving conversation … to hear how meditation and Buddhism has changed Gen Gonlam personally is deeply inspiring. It was immensely helpful to hear a conversation about death that linked the theory of death from Buddhist teachings with her own experience and that of others she worked with, so illuminating. Her eloquent and thoughtful reflections brought me to tears at times. Just beautiful! ❤
@AlysVanS Thank you for this beautiful comment. I couldn't agree more!
You never know what’s gonna show up in your TH-cam feed ..this talk did for me and it was a fantastic conversation in terms of the energy of the whole conversation and the subject matter. Thank you….
@Smitch-hw1bv So glad you enjoyed it!
I had an NDE through pneumonia, some 25+ years ago. The experience was so profound that I left my job and sold my small home, then bought a beautiful piece of land in north UK to try and live a better life rather than be a work slave until death. It's been hard but rewarding to live alone, creating woodland and orchards and practicing my artistic passions. Now I'm being sought as a place to stay for relief from the world's madness, which is slightly discombobulating. But I'm at a place where I have no fear of death, rather a fear of dying having had an unfulfilled life. I think I'm getting past that and marked my burial place in my woodland glade with a large glacial limestone boulder.....my death stone❤ The funny thing is that I've no time to die, as I've listed waaaay to many projects that I want to do.
@spindelnett6315 Thank you for sharing a glimpse of your beautiful life with us.
This confirms exactly what I believe. No one knows WHERE consciousness exists. Some people believe its a product of the brain- yet people who have been brain dead, by every medical definition, have had conscious experiences. Consciousness is ENERGY and every scientist in the world today knows you cannot destroy energy, you can only change it into something else. There is no such thing as death.
May I add…I recently heard there’s no such thing as “brain death”. That was a term made up by hospitals to justify harvesting live organs. Your body is either dead-dead or alive. Her story of “how long death takes *in a natural setting*” is an eye opener. I think modern ho$pitals aren’t truly there to help us.
Just like we do not know how life is preserved awaiting ones birth to come and comment here, we may just be getting ahead of ourselves in thinking we know the next stage. I have had general anaesthetic more than three times, and the silence in the gap between sleep and waking surprises me. Where goes me when my brain is not reseaving the message of living due to anaethised? I also have exposure with dementia patients, and there, too, one sees how critical the ones brain is. But I also feel life does not die when the organism dies. Confusedotcom over here, I am afraid😂
No one with dead brain had conscious experience.. u are thinking about damaged brain not dead..
@Brainteaser5639 thank you fro the comment - I really appreciate your honesty, curiosity and spirit of enquiry.
There's no coming back from 'Brain death'.
All that I need to listen to sooth my soul 🙏🏻🩵 May all benefit from the wisdom of Buddha’s teachings! 🌸💝
@cristinaalb9363 Wonderful! Thank you for listening - many more episodes to come :-)
When You say “to soothe my soul” means that who is speaking is not the soul. Soul is the blue print of the body a sporadic manifestación of the Concience. 🇵🇸
I’m isolated and been studying on my own. This was perfect, having a real live beautiful person share her experience and lessons.
@echolewis2821 I’m so glad we could help - It’s wonderful to hear that these conversations are reaching people and fostering that sense of connectedness. Thank you for sharing!
Modern research on Near Death Experience by Raymond moody, reincarnation memories by Ian Stevenson/Jim trucker and past lives regression by Brian Weiss all independently but coincidentally show that our consciousness survive death, we live many lives and our thoughts and actions matter in the hereafter.
So be kind and helpful to others, be virtuous, meditate and cultivate ourselves to higher spiritual levels. Cheers.
What a beautiful episode! Thank you to Gen Kelsang Gomlam for sharing her experiences and deeply held scientific beliefs. I am so appreciative of her calm strength and quiet dedication.
@deborahcavel-greant6155 She really is so amazing - we have another amazing episode with Gen Gomlam coming soonish :-) - it had us all in tears in the studio it's that powerful.
So well articulated, thank you. I feel the same way. What a generous gift she and the host gave us!
A spiritual nurse - oh how we need such ministering 💕
@anniray1221 I totally agree! Thank you for your comment!
I found this channel last night and it is the best thing ever!!! I was in a trance watching this it was so incredible and transformative.
@JadeRadcliff1992 That is so beautiful of you to say - thank you for sharing!
What an amazing lady. Very profound wisdom based on her experience....
@markbudd8432 She is so inspiring isn't she!
My mother passed after suffering dementia. In her last weeks she couldn’t eat, struggled with fluids and was on some kind of drip. I was with her during her last 9 hours, internally her organs were breaking down she would choke and vomit blood, every time the caring staff changed her bedding and mum’s nightgown this happened three or four times in her last hours. It wasn’t an easy peaceful death more a wretched struggle. If I had the means and courage I would have ended her life, during those last three hours. That suffering was unnecessary, unkind.
Nobody leaves, nobody dies, no-one is born. The body is the vehicle for experience, you and I are before and after experience. Experience is transitional ever changing, relative not ultimate. Death is change, that’s it really. Mind makes up the story of a you and me, mother and son, that’s what beings do. I let the beautiful story of mum down, just like society I did not compassionately end that bodily energy into transition which always happens anyway, into dust or fire. My mother was/is a beautiful story alive in me, and when the time comes my true self will watch the story of Bryan die. My hope is that I end my life more gracefully and peaceful than my dear mum.
@zendog8592 thank you for sharing this powerful experience and wisdom. May everyone realise that death is merely a label and always enjoy peace!
Hello zendog8592: your story affected me so I am responding thus: my brother was dying, (badly) a prolonged cancer struggle, not enough pain killers and meds as he was in a third world country and friends took all the guns and ammunition away from the house to stop him killing himself - not that he could get to them as he couldn't walk! In retrospect, I wish I had helped him end his own life, as he had wanted to. It would have been the compassionate thing to do. Instead, I, coward that I am, obeyed the law out of fear and left nature to cruelly take its time and cause him terrible suffering for the next several months. When he died I did not cry, I was literally "all cried out"; I was grateful he didn't have to endure any more pain and for the first time, in what seemed like ages, actually felt relief. Your story touched me very deeply. We will continue to learn life's hard lessons - there must be a reason for it all because otherwise the miracle of life makes no sense at all. I am a great believer that we go on once we leave our bodies to perish. We live in a great mystery.
I hope you know that you are not alone in your pain, grief and struggles. Thank you so much for sharing your insight, and I hope that you may be compassionate and loving to yourself just as you are to your mom, and everyone else.
It always amazes me to hear about someone else who has gone through different experiences and life paths, and we understand, see, and perceive exactly the same. This is beautiful dialogue. I felt deeply content while listening.
@handetogrul9420 Such a beautiful comment - thank you for sharing 🙏
Great interview. Thank you for all your work! You truly represent the best of humanity.❤
@tomhenninger4153 Thank you for this beautiful comment Tom.
My old Catholic priest would tell us to think of our death daily, so that death shapes our life - so grateful for his ministry 💕
@anniray1221 those are wise words, and you are fortunate to have have such good counsel. Thank you for sharing.
Same from our catechism teacher
Such an inspiring practitioner and a wonderful conversation. Thanks so much for putting these on 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing your wisdom so beautifully, Gen Gomlam, and I hope your teachings reach all those who will benefit!
@mbearpa The folks in Sarasota are so lucky to have such a great teacher on their doorstep!
The mind and positivity are very powerful.when I’ve been positive about things that worried me they turned out to be nothing to worry about at all
@maryannmay7105 That’s beautiful - thank you for sharing!
Thank you for this wonderful conversation! 🤍
@mariannewolf57 So glad you enjoyed it
Excellent!!! Very informative and comforting. One of the best spiritual podcasts I've ever listen to. I'm an RN by the way! Thank you both!
@chrise438 Thank you so much for saying this - from a Registered Nurse it means even more!
Deeply inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing Buddha's wisdom with us today. 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
How uplifting.........we are not even the mind. Who were we before our mind developed? This can reveal the unchanging innermost Self. But, it must be experienced. Understanding is the booby prize in life. My previous experience revealed that Who I am is prior to the arising of the mind.
Thank you very much. Death is something that many modern ppl don’t want to talk about, but you made it so that it seems logical and helpful to do so.
It's just so important to come to terms with isn't it! Thank you for watching :-)
Deeply inspiring. Beautiful. Thankyou 💛
Thank you Adam - Gen Gomlam is just amazing isn't she!
@@modernbuddhismpodcast - Absolutely! Gen Gonlam sharing her experiences, compassion, and wisdom really gave my faith a big boost. Thank you GG & Adam & MBP Team! This production is awesome. What benefit it will bring. Yay!
Sadhu Sadhu.Buddhist teachings...of Reality.
Bless you great nun.🙏❤️
Thank you for the interview Kadam Adam & your inspiring story Gen Gomlam. Amazingly helpful conversation for everyone. I’ll be sure to share this with others. ❤
Thank you so much for sharing - everyone needs this kind of wisdom!
I am actively dying from systemic lupus, in alot of pain. I wish I could speak to you two. Thank you.
Whatever happens going forward, we wish you peace. Also, if you write to podcasts@kadampa.net I can forward any messages to Adam or Gen Gomlam.
Be in Peace you are more than a body and a brain. You as your mind will continue.
Sending you a big warm hug. May you feel warmth and peace, and know you aren’t alone.
No more pains. No more sufferings. Your body system is meant to function without them and it will. Wishing you peace and wellness, even when it seems there's no hope for it anymore.
Thank you for this! Gen Gomlam really instills me with confidence to let of clinging to the limited and limiting idea of who I am while I can! It is brilliant to read the comments of others who have also been blessed by listening to this valuable conversation.
Thank you so much - we're so happy to be sharing these meaningful conversations that can bring so much benefit! Many more on the way :-)
Thank you for sharing, Gen Gomlam. Amazing conversation. I’m sharing this link with all my loved ones.
@kerrinperniciaro1312 Thank you! Gen Gomlam’s words can help so many people!
Lovely to hear how Gen Gomlam’s practical application of Buddha’s advice. Thanks for sharing ❤
Our pleasure!
What a beautiful conversation. Thank you both.
@nomadartlife So glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for the video. I am a hospital chaplain and have an affinity for helping dying patients. Your podcast has lit a new thought in my mind. I will listen and read and follow this call I feel.
@chaplaincullerton1265 What wonderful work you do! Thank you! And so glad our podcast has inspired you - do check out the other episodes too.
This is amazing. Looking forward to the next episode. This made me so confident and inspired
@AQuijanoG So glad you enjoyed! Many more inspiring episodes on their way :-)
Thank you gen Gonlam,
If I ever have to undergo surgery , I’ll do like you , prepare the mind to live or to die, whatever ❤❤❤
Perfect! Thank you for sharing!
One of the most pivotal and powerful interviews I’ve yet listened to…Thank-you ❤
@Indigolyte Really appreciate your comment - thank you!
Thank you so much for this outstanding, beautiful and liberating interview with Gen Kelang Gomlam ! Love & Peace.
bleucitron2 Thank you for your lovely comment. I couldn't agree more. I've watched this one a few times now because it's so inspiring and insightful.
Very beautiful and inspiring talk. Thank you so much for doing this!
@patdav44 It's a real joy to share these meaningful conversations - many more on the way :-)
I found Buddhism after a See the Light NDE. ❤. There is no travel time, you’re suddenly there. In the purest light and feeling a love that is unavailable to us in human form. 😊. I wasn’t religious then and certainly not now. But, I know we come back until we get it right. And, you live with the same spirits over and over as well. Your pet was your mother in a past life. Treat them well ❤
@thesjkexperience That’s a very powerful experience - thank you for sharing 🙏!
Humans can only be humans, not animals! All the timsz i came back i was only a human. be humans. I never came back as an anmal. I lived 5 times that i can recall and remember only being a human. Lmbo.
One thing that challenges this idea for me is, how could it be the case that we reincarnate with the same spirits from a previous life, when more and more people are being born on this planet? And why would we just reincarnate on Earth alone when the universe is so unfathomably massive? Wouldn't it be more likely that we would reincarnate in different star systems, on different planets?
my pet is the person i truly love the most.
We come back until we get it right? So, we live this life without any remembrance of a past life, but yet we are punished somehow for something we don't remember? So, should I spank my older children for things they don't remember doing as a toddler? I think the only way we learn from our mistakes is to REMEMBER the mistake so that we don't do it again. Living this life and getting it wrong, dying, and then thrown back in the pit to start over from scratch is a bit extreme, especially if we have a God of unconditional love and forgiveness. Just my opinion.
What a beautiful soul this Buddhist nun is. Bless her for her effort to be a real loving person. THANK YOU. 😊
@katnip198 Thank you so much for this beautiful comment!
Thank you for sharing this incredible wisdom :)
These podcasts have been a joy to make - really glad you’re enjoying them.
Beautiful way to start my day, thank you, you two lovely people
@dgarcia930 You are so kind
Thank you for this very, very inspiring and engaging conversation sharing so much wisdom and experience.
Our pleasure!
This was very moving, thank you for sharing.
@est-nineteeneightynine You are so welcome
Wonderfully uplifting. Thank you so much. ❤
Like a lot of people I have always had a strong fear of dying/sever illness, through your life experiences, questions and observations, I feel much more relaxed like yourself I need to question more. Thank you
@1marybo It's incredible how powerful Gen Gomlam's words are isn't it! So inspiring!
I was there 7.5 years ago. It’s not Halloween, it’s pure light and love.❤️
My dad was with my grandfather when the grandfather died. Dad said he saw a "grey mist" leave his father's body when he died. I have no doubt he was talking the truth, my dad is not fanciful.
P.S i also had open heart surgery in 2017 December here in Thailand my surgeon and I talked about everything including life and death he being a Buddhist gave me only good advice and my operation was a success 🙏
@AaAa-hl1zg So glad to hear that! Thank you for sharing 🙏
The story about the dying wife preparing meals for her husband struck me to my core.
@TyroneCLove So glad it moved you like this, Tyrone.
Powerful, compassionate, and insightful talk on death. I absolutely love Gen's energy and her msg on focusing on the mind, the part that lives on. ❤❤
@warsankoshin3465 She’s just so inspiring isn’t she! We have more great episodes coming including more with Gen Gomlam 😊
Thank you for sharing this interview with us! "Mind and Death," as a religious science believer who learned the science of mind, non-religious but welcoming everyone, strengthens my faith, helps me grow, and teaches me not to be afraid but to share whatever help I can give to others.
@nildakhalessi1139 Thank you for sharing your reflections - very beautiful. We're so happy this interview was so inspiring and affirming for you.
Thank for sharing your wisdom. ❤🙏
such a joy to share - and so much more on the way!
Very much needed one, loved it all through. How buddhist teaching help's one overcome the haunting fear of death or rather handling it the right way was something nice to listen.
Thanks a lot for this podcast.
@sampathkumar2277 so glad you enjoyed it - do check out our other episodes - lots of gems in all of them.
I am so moved ... beyond measure. Thank you
@aislingbooks That is such a beautiful comment - thank you Aisling.
What a great session. Thank you for sharing this video with us.
@ShimmerBodyCream Our pleasure!
Thank you for this interview.
our pleasure - many more great conversations coming to the channel
I love this and am so grateful for this interview and for her and her sharing/teaching!! 🌺🙏
@lmansur1000 So glad you enjoyed it - she’s is so amazing! There are more episodes with Gen Gomlam coming, in the meantime do check out some of our other episodes.
Bring them all in to my heart
That includes everyone
Unconditionally
Rather than looking to worship false idols, Buddhists seek to understand the way people and themselves think! The way the mind works!
It’s such a powerful science of the mind and Gen Gomlam is living proof of how effective it is! Thank you for your comment.
Amazing insights
Thank you, for sharing your experiences. The caring woman, riddled with cancer, still showed compassion, for her husband -preparing meals, for her husband before she passed. Without drugs, pain free. Strong faith.
@nicholaskearney678 It's such a powerful example isn't it - thanks for commenting, Nicholas
What an extraordinary teaching. I am so glad to have found this.
@sisterdiggins Thanks for tuning in. I couldn't agree more! There was so much to think about and learn from in this interview. Do check out some of our other podcasts. They are equally inspiring and thought-provoking.
💗🙏🏻🌸 Thank you for this beautiful teaching.
You are so welcome! Many more to come :-)
Her voice is just so soothing and wise, I feel so calm after listening to her. I can't believe this video is almost an hour long, it seemed like 15 minutes!
@ruruama3666 that is such a beautiful thing to say - thank you so much!
Thank you for this
Such a pleasure! This episode is great and so many more on the way!
This is a beautiful talk. Thank you for your work. My direct experience is that the realest me is even beyond mind.
@josthom Thank you for watching and for sharing this interesting insight. It's our pleasure to be bringing these meaningful conversations to the world.
WOW I am so grateful to hear this Beautiful Lady Thank you so Much Great job
@grahamrobson998 She’s amazing isn’t she! Thank you for your beautiful comment.
Thank you I am so grateful for hearing this and that it found me. I have been studying Buddhist teachings for 2 decades and at a crossroads of what i want to do next and this sounds like a wonderful path to take. ❤🙏 namaste
@lesleymcmillan1893 So wonderful this was helpful for you 🙏
@lesleymcmillan1893 So delighted you are enjoying the channel and that we're able to travel with you on this stage of your journey!
Resonates with me. I live with seniors living into death as day goes by
thank you for sharing!
Appreciate you so much. This is such a gift
@harshakarunaratne4048 Thank you for your beautiful comment - we're loving sharing these amazing conversations!
How beautiful & meaningful
Great interview. One of my favorite quotes from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy (who discovered Christian Science in 19th century America) is "Brain is not mind." Although she never studied Buddhism, the fact that both of these great teachers had similar incites into the nature of mind as separate from body is fascinating and encouraging because it shows that this teaching goes beyond being religious or denominational, but touches on universal truth available to anyone to understand and practice in their life.
@4Nvoice Thanks for sharing this quote and your reflections on this subject. The parallel you point out is indeed fascinating and certainly points to a universal truth that transcends any one faith or belief system. This was the first thing I loved about Buddhism when I was new. I didn't feel I was being forced to believe anything simply because 'this is what Buddhists believe', but rather that I was being provided with the means to explore the true nature of things in my own experience - of happiness, suffering, my mind, the world and so on.
I was deeply inspired by this video, thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
Thank you both so much for such a beautiful conversation. This is my first visit to your channel. I have subscribed and will recommend you to my friends. I am a Pagan and it seems I am trying to live a Buddhist way of life without knowing it. I am definitely going to learn more about this wonderful practice. Blessed Be from Canada. ❤
Thank you for your comment @dianethompson2458 and welcome to our channel! Wonderful to hear that this inspiring conversation has resonated with how you're aspiring to live your life. Thank you for subscribing and sharing with others, and we hope you enjoy watching the other conversations posted so far. There'll be a new one each week.
I’m incredibly soothed by her teaching of the mind.
My deep gratitude to you and the host.
@rosafang7308 Thank you for your beautiful comment. Wonderful to hear that you've found this conversation so healing. Thank you for watching!
What an incredible being. Thank you for sharing this powerful wisdom 🙏
@naztubes You are so welcome
I've been with children who were dying for 20 years. They have very similar experiences, no fear, only worry that their parents and often pets will be OK. I've had a difficult time with depression for years with no religion that even touch the pain. Have begun my path with Buddhism = feeling hopeful.
@riverrun3995 Thank you for sharing this very intimate insight from your experience - more examples of the power of compassion that Gen Gomlam refers to, even when staring one's own mortality full in the face. It's wonderful to hear that you're feeling hopeful after years of difficulty. We do have an interview exploring the subject of depression and Buddhist practice being released in future. Do keep an eye out for it!
Beautiful. Thank you so much.
@CK-pf6nn Such a pleasure to share - thank you for watching 😊
I read once that when we die we dont really go, we just take on a different form.
Thank you for this, I intend to learn as much as I can about the non event that is death
@bshive7669 that's very deep, a lot of layers to that thought - thank you for sharing
Great teacher ❤ tuve la gran fortuna de recibir sus enseñanzas 🙏🏻
Such a wonderful discussion, thank you both. I loved hearing the perspectives from Gen Kelsang Gomlam.
@MotherGaiaLovesYou So glad you enjoyed it! More from Gen Gomlam on the way - in the meantime do check out some of our other episodes 😊
Thank you... after this interview I feel like I finally found meaning for my life... and that would be a meaningful death❤
Thank you for such a beautiful and inspiring comment!
A riveting discussion.
So glad you enjoyed it Rebecca - Do check out our other episodes - there are gems in all of them!
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8, 1926 - August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying (1969). She lived a life of compassion and service.
Thank you for sharing
It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.
~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926 - 2004)
That was absolutely beautiful, as was your Guest.
@123cache123 Thank you kindly!
I wonder where could I listen more to Gen Gomlam . Today's podcast gave me a small purpose, to extract and trow away the negativity from my life. Thank you, both
@danasufaru4763 She’s so inspiring isn’t she! She teaches mainly in Florida but also around the US - there’s a link to her Meditation Centre in the video description - and if you search ‘Gen Gomlam’ there are some other great videos of her online. We do have more episodes with her coming soon, so stay tuned - also check out the other episodes, some amazing stuff there!
What an imspiring interview, especially the insights regarding negativity and positivity plus reminding me to appreciate every single cell in my bofy to infuse love in my entire body.
@marionmaierphilonatura Beautiful comment - thank you 🙏
Thank you ! What great wisdom…
This helps greatly…I can feel it
I feel positive relief 🙏
So glasd you've got such benefit from this episode! Many more to come!
Thank you both for this.
@amystubby Thank you very much for tuning in!
Fantastic pod cast. Thank you
@EileenDouglas-m1o Thank you so much for tuning in!
Beautiful teaching love all her wisdom and understanding of death and fearlessness! Thanks for sharing.
@chandramerod160 Thank you for your kind words, Chandra :-)
I just found your channel and I've enjoy the interviews I've seen so far. I like the serene interview style. Looking forward to seeing more in the future 😊
@coolbreeze5683 Thank you so much for this delightful feedback - many great episodes on their way :-)
Love this❤ have a fascination with death since being a child just couldn't work it all out it didn't seem possible to exist and then not do forever, this lady is the right person for hospice care she just has that gentle presence shes wonderful ❤️
@carolinebielby5924 Absolutely agree - she is so gentle, kind and reassuring... and so much wisdom from having been there at those profound moments with many people.
Thank You, Wholeness.....
Thank you 🙏
While outside of my body, in that state of greater awareness, I was able to witness the inner workings of the brain in my physical body. It is something like an orchestra without a conductor. One dream after another would occupy the theater of the brain, with somewhat randomly associated connections.
That is a powerful analogy / insight! Thank you for sharing 🙏
I experienced same thing on high dose of LSD and sometimes on weed
What a wonderful talk ❤❤❤ thank you
@swapnabombay Thank you for watching!
Fantastically beautiful teaching ❤
@leonarda6529able It really is isn’t it! Thank you for commenting 😊
We humans are stupid. Allowing a natural death by turning off machines does not prevent the dying from suffering. As is the case with the nun's story, the dying lived another 27 hours. That's crazy. We prevent our pets from suffering by administering a sedative and sodium pentothal for a timely demise, yet we don't for humans. If I get terminal cancer, the sad part isn't that I will die from cancer, it is that I don't have a way of going with dignity. I have to diy my death to prevent my own suffering.
Thx for your Insight. Can you explain your comment further. Especially the Second Part