Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death(English, Hardcover, Tsomo Karma Lekshe)

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Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death(English, Hardcover, Tsomo Karma Lekshe) is written by Tsomo Karma Lekshe and published by State University of New York Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0791468313 (ISBN 10) and 9780791468319 (ISBN 13).

A fascinating look at Buddhist, especially Tibetan, views of death and their implications for a Buddhist bioethics. This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the Tibetan tradition, author Karma Lekshe Tsomo discusses Buddhist notions of human consciousness and personal identity and how these figure in the Buddhist view of death. Beliefs about death and enlightenment and states between life and death are also discussed. Tsomo goes on to examine such hot-button topics as cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, organ donation, genetic engineering, and stem-cell research within a Buddhist context, introducing new ways of thinking about these highly controversial issues.