Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.

It is essential that we raise the image of sex, which is currently seen as a purely biological affair and often portrayed in its worst manifestations, to that of a spiritually based activity.

According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes.

It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence.

A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.

Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe.