Living with Impermanence

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

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Helping the dying

Reducing attachment to the body and examining ways we can be of benefit to those…

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Five forces at time of death

What happens after we die and looking at our attachment to the body, starting to…

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Death and peace of mind

A short explanation of the Amitabha Buddha practice followed by suggestions on dealing with our…

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Death meditation

The nine-point death meditation and the importance of practicing the Dharma now as a means…

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Light comes through behind fir trees.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Contemplating death

Ignoring the reality of death is often the norm, but there are benefits to contemplating…

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Venerable Thubten Semkye sentada frente a una mesa escribiendo.
Living with Impermanence

Practicing with a year of illness

Venerable Thubten Semkye shares on how embracing a physical ailment challenged her concepts of the…

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Orange flowers on a tomb.
Living with Impermanence

Understanding reality

Venerable Thubten Chodron explores conventional and ultimate reality within the context of her mother’s recent…

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Venerable Chodron being interviewed by MORE Magazine.
Living with Impermanence

To go one’s own way

"I've never wanted to get old and look back on my life with regret." Venerable…

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A group of monastics and laypeople outside having a group discussion.
Healing after a Suicide

Loss of a loved one to suicide

Healing from a loved one's suicide by transforming the traumatic experience into a cause for…

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Man lying in hospital bed.
Living with Impermanence

How to deal with sickness

Until liberation from rebirth, illness is unavoidable. In the meantime, we can use the Dharma…

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Venerable Chodron leading retreatants in chanting.
Dealing with Grief

Dealing with grief

Exploring the causes of grief and how to work through the grieving process.

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