Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Aging
A practitioner reflects on her mother’s uniquely challenging qualities following a trip to the emergency room.
‘My Consciousness Can Now Prepare for Death’
In this interview from 2000, Ram Dass discusses entering the final chapter of his life and how his sudden illness was a "stroke of luck."
Exploring What Is
Buddhism advises us to accept everything in our experience, pleasant and unpleasant, as our own. One practitioner on using the Buddha’s first teachings as a lodestar during the frightening uncertainty of aging.
MeditationMagazine | Practice, Teachings
At Home with Yourself
Learning to be alone without being lonely
Go To Your High School Reunion, Dammit
Why events that celebrate the passage of time are perfect reminders of the Buddhist concept of the three marks of existence: non-self, impermanence, and suffering.
The Miracle of the Ordinary
Why the only way to approach “The Great Mystery” is to give up on the idea of doing.
Self-Care for Future Corpses
"Namaste. You're dead." (Plus: 7 habits of highly effective Buddhists.)
Taken Away and Given
Encounters in old age
The Eternal Care Unit
Death is inevitable, but we can choose to go gently into that good night.
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