Death & Dying Guides

The Five Remembrances – An Excerpt from Alive Until You’re Dead by Susan Moon

The Five Remembrances Buddha urged his disciples to meditate upon the five remembrances. When I first heard them, I thought, Wow! This is harsh! But I shouldn’t have been surprised; they are straightforward reminders of the teaching of impermanence. Here is Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh’s translation. I am of the nature to grow old. [...]

Buddhism

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Zen Buddhism

Thich Nhat Hanh on Dying…and Living

Thich Nhat Hanh on Dying...and Living For more from Thich Nhat Hanh, who passed away on January 22, 2022, see his author page with books, audiobooks, cards, as well as anthologies where his teachings are included. Becoming Truly Alive What would you do if your doctor told you that you only had three months to [...]

How to Be with the Dying

Buddhist End-of-Life Care An excerpt from Living Is Dying What can we do for our dying loved ones, especially if they are not spiritually minded, let alone Buddhist? Does encouraging the dying and the dead to take refuge and arouse bodhichitta really help? And can non-Buddhists understand the bardo teachings? These are very good questions. Confidence [...]

“I don’t think I can do this!” Excerpt from Present Through the End “I don’t think I can do this!” Perhaps this was the first thought that went through your mind when you heard the sad news and you are about to visit for the first time. That’s okay. Most of the time, by simply [...]

Present through the End | Discussion Guide

Guiding Questions Introduction Inspired by decades of experience caring for the dying and years teaching contemplative care around the world, Kirsten DeLeo shares down-to-earth advice and offers short, simple, on-the-spot tools to help you handle your emotions, deal with difficult relationships, talk about spiritual matters, listen fully, and practice self-care. Present Through the End shows [...]

Flexible Mind, Caring Mind

Caring as a Practice of Mindfulness An excerpt from Contemplative Caregiving “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” This pithy teaching from Shunryu Suzuki’s Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind offers a powerful reminder of the need for flexibility and receptivity in compassionate care.1 Many hospice caregivers will tell [...]

From Fire to Mud | A Journey Through the California Fires

The Lotus of Mutual Belonging by Radhule Weininger, author of Heartwork “If the world is to be healed through human effort, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for life is even greater than their fear. People who can open to the web that called us into being.”—Joanna Macy The [...]

Book Club Discussion | Wild Comfort

“This is something that needs explaining, how light emerges from darkness, how comfort wells up from sorrow. The Earth holds every possibility inside it, and the mystery of transformation, one thing into another. This is the wildest comfort. That's what this book is about.” (xi) In an effort to make sense of the deaths in [...]

First US Air Force Buddhist Chaplain Answers, “Why?”

by Brett Campbell Nobody asks for the chaplain in the good moments. This is an unspoken rule I realized early in my career. Nobody thinks of the chaplain after they’ve delivered a healthy child or they take their first steps following an accident that left them bedbound for weeks. These are the times when life [...]

Steve Buscemi and Sam Bercholz Discuss A Guided Tour of Hell

Steve Buscemi and Sam Bercholz on the new book A Guided Tour of Hell: A Graphic Memoir A Guided Tour of Hell$24.95 - HardcoverBy: Samuel Bercholz & Pema Namdol Thaye Add to Cart

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Buddhist Biography/Memoir

Death & Dying

Tibetan Buddhism

Remembering S.N. Goenka

We join our palms and say goodbye to a teacher who had an immense impact on the world. S.N. Goenka was a pioneer in making Vipassana meditation widely available to a secular audience. Over 170 meditation centers have been established around the globe under his auspices. His legacy will resound indefinitely. 29 January 1924 [...]

Meditation & Mindfulness

Southeast Asian Buddhism

Theravada Buddhism

Teachings to Prepare for Death

Intermediate States: Bardos and Living and Dying from Ancient India to 21st Century New York The term bardo, often translated as "intermediate state" is a term that entered the popular imagination in the West with the publication of W.Y. Evans-Wentz's 1927 translation of The Great Liberation by Hearing in the Intermediate States, which he rendered [...]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: A Guide for Readers

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Learn More We publish over two dozen books by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. See also: Tsongkhapa: A Guide to His Life and Works | Kalachakra Tantra Reader Guide | Works by the Dalai Lamas | Readers Guide to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Other Tibetan Buddhist Traditions: [...]