Aging, sickness and death: The life stages we go through
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Living with Impermanence 
Dec 25, 2025 A talk with questions and answers with Dharma students in Singapore.
- The stages of my life
- Meeting Buddhism
- My relationship with my parents
- Starting and growing a monastery
- Dealing with ailments and aging
- Anxiety and worry are not helpful
- Questions and comments
- All religions are teaching kindness and ethical conduct
- How can I help a parent with dementia?
- How can we comfort parents who are sick and anxious about their care?
- If we are sick and anxious how can we calm ourselves?
- Working with anger and self-centeredness
Aging, sickness and death: The life stages we go through (download)
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
