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Ann Tashi Slater
Ann Tashi Slater writes for the New Yorker, the Paris Review, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Guernica, and Granta, among others, and is a Tricycle contributing editor. Traveling in Bardo, her book about the art of living in an impermanent world, will be published by Hachette Go in fall 2025.
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Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
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On Searching for Meaning and Solving a Koan of Loss
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
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Saying Yes to Life
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
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Creating a Sense of Joy
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
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This Moment Is the Only Moment
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
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Storytelling, Death, and Putting Flesh Back on Bones
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
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The Funny Thing About Death
David Sedaris and Ann Tashi Slater discuss mortality, bardo wisdom, and the joys of thrifting.
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Turning Toward a More Authentic Life
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
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Finding Your Own Narrative
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
Podcasts
Every Moment Is a Bardo
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In the latest episode of Life As It Is, Ann Tashi Slater joins co-hosts James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg to discuss near-death experiences, end-of-life rituals, and what the living can learn from The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Listen Now on Tricycle | iTunes | SoundCloud
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