This paper attempts to show the difference of the approach to death in Buddhism compared with that in the European understanding of death. Meditation - the central preoccupation in the life of every Buddhist - is introduced and discussed together with the Buddha´s doctrine and the theory of the four noble truths. The Buddhist theory of Ego is discussed in relation to two aspects of the mind in Tibetan Buddhism: the ordinary mind and primordial, pure, pristine awareness. Next, the meditation of death in Buddhism is introduced. This form of meditation is a long and demanding initiation, based on moral, ethical and bio-psychical preparation. It leads to the gradual practice of a systematic spiritual and emotional concentration. The problem of reincarnation, Karma and Samsāra, conclude the paper.Kot kontrast nekaterim evropskim pojmovanjem smrti, prikazuje članek odnos do smrti v budizmu. Buddha in njegov nauk o štirih plemenitih resnicah uvaja v razpravo problem meditacije kot osrednje naloge v življenju budista. Budistična teorija Jaza je prikazana v odnosu do dveh aspektov duha v tibetanskem budizmu: običajnega duha in pristne narave duha. Posebna pozornost je namenjena meditaciji o smrti v budizmu, zahtevnemu in dolgemu uvajanju, moralno-etični in biopsihični pripravi, ki vodi k postopnemu prakticiranju sistematičnega obvladovanja duševne in čustvene zbranosti. Članek zaključujejo problem ponovnega rojevanja, karme in samsāre
