Living with Impermanence

Applying the Dharma when faced with our own and others' experience of aging, sickness, and death.

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Elderly woman picking tomatoes from garden.
Living with Impermanence

How to age happily

We will take the mental habits we cultivate now into our old age, so it…

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Retreatants with Venerable Chodron at the Phendeling Centre teaching.
Living with Impermanence

We need to remember that we are going to die

Do the practice and the results will come when they are ready. Julie Relsted of…

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Medical professionals performing surgery.
Living with Impermanence

Practicing when having surgery

A monastic at Sravasti Abbey relies on her Dharma practice when facing surgery.

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Man standing on dock of lake.
Dealing with Grief

Living with loss

Change is the reality of our existence but we are shocked when it happens. Examining…

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Dealing with Grief

The death of a child

Ways to work with the mind in pain when a loved one is here one…

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Dealing with Grief

Dealing with grief and loss

Fresh perspectives on how to work with changes that we do not welcome.

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Helping the Dying and Deceased

Practices for the deceased

Practices we can do to benefit those who have recently passed into the bardo so…

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Helping the Dying and Deceased

Helping a dying friend

How we can work with our mind, and what prayers and practices we can do…

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Dealing with Grief

On death and bereavement

How to support our loved ones through the dying process while managing our grief, and…

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Essential Spiritual Advice

Clear wishes for our final moments

Engaging in mind training throughout our lives in order to die without terror and regret.

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Essential Spiritual Advice

Dying without fear and regret

Preparing our family for our death, living wills and notifying them of spiritual commitments and…

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