Living with Impermanence
Applying the Dharma when faced with our own and others' experience of aging, sickness, and death.
Subcategories
Dealing with Grief
Tools for working through the grieving process when we experience unexpected and unwanted changes.
VIEW CATEGORYHealing after a Suicide
Support for recovering from a loved one’s suicide and transforming grief.
VIEW CATEGORYHelping the Dying and Deceased
Preparing for our own death, and what prayers and practices we can do to help others through the dying process.
VIEW CATEGORYPeaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats
Teachings from multi-year weekend retreats on how to prepare for the time of death led by Venerable Sangye Khadro.
VIEW CATEGORYRelated Series
Death and Caring for the Dying Retreat (2010)
Teachings given during the Death and Caring for the Dying Retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2010.
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To Geshela with appreciation
I have been thinking a lot about Geshela and I wanted to share some of…
View PostTransforming problems into the path
Whether grief can be seen as an affliction, the four distorted conceptions, and how to…
View PostA matter of life and death
How being mindful of death in our daily life can help us and how to…
View PostAdvice for a non-Buddhist friend
Venerable Thubten Chodron offers advice on preparing for death.
View PostWhat helps at the time of death
The last three points of the nine-point death meditation and how to prepare for death.
View PostA real awareness of death
Teachings on the first six points of the nine-point death meditation.
View PostBuddhist perspectives on death
What the Buddha taught about death and the benefits of meditating on it.
View PostUnderstanding Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s passing and...
How to stay connected with a spiritual teacher after their passing.
View PostPractices for preparing for death
A brief introduction to preparatory practices for death, including 7-point mind training (lojong) and taking…
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