Dying, Death, and the Afterlife: An Analysis and Comparison of Karl Rahner and the Dalai Lama

This article presents and discusses dying, death, and the afterlife from the point of view of the twentieth-century German Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner and compares it to the Tibetan view of death and rebirth, represented by his Holiness, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. The driving question that gave ri...

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Main Author: Nguyen, Joseph (SJ, STD) (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2026
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2026, Volume: 45, Pages: 189-204
Further subjects:B mind-consciousness
B Bardo
B Excessus
B Impermanence
B luminosity
B dependent origination
B obediential potency
B Self-transcendence
B Freedom
B embodied-spirit
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