Death & Dying
In a recent Life As It Is episode, writer and interfaith minister Barbara Becker shares how she found healing and community after her miscarriages.
Aging Is Reality
Although I studied Buddhism as a young man, it wasn’t until I reached the later years of my life that I truly understood the Buddha’s first encounters with old age, sickness, and death.
What Happens If We Recognize the Love Inside of Grief?
Accepting grief as a way to honor loss can help us open into a more intimate and heartfelt union with life itself.
Personal Reflections Death & Dying
A Writer’s Journey Through the Bardo
In the latest episode of Life As It Is, Tricycle contributing editor Ann Tashi Slater talks about a severe illness that brought The Tibetan Book of the Dead to life for her.
Personal Reflections Death & Dying
Is Ram Dass Still Here Now?
A friend of the late spiritual teacher recounts their conversations on life and death.
Personal Reflections Death & Dying
My Phone Call With Mortality
Reflections on cancer diagnosis, fear, and gratitude
How to Mourn 2020
In a year of overwhelming loss, there’s no one right way to grieve.
Abandoning the Grandmother
Ubasute, the mythical Japanese practice of leaving an older relative to die on a mountain, speaks to society’s troubling attitudes toward aging.
Emptiness and Filling Out Forms: A Practical Approach to Death
Dying with compassion means having a plan in place for those left behind. A practitioner recounts how she navigated the process with her dharma friends.
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