Overcoming the Near Enemy of Lovingkindness
Rebecca Dixon
10 July 2014
Being present with terminally ill people will teach you a lot. It’s a powerful mindfulness practice to maintain an accepting awareness of the sights, sounds,
Mindfulness of Death, Mindfulness of Life
Sister Ocean
31 March 2014
When I was a child, my father died in a car accident. I learned about loss from an early age, that it could be both
Marcie’s Dying Gift
Jacqueline Kramer
14 March 2013
Jacqueline Kramer, author of Buddha Mom-the Path of Mindful Mothering and 10 Spiritual Practices for Busy parents, has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 30 years in the
The Most Awkward Question to Ask a Bereaved Person
素善
6 January 2012
“You feeling better?” She wasn’t, but I most certainly could have said something better. Through her tears and sniffles the otherwise confident and self-assured ma’am
No Death, No Fear
Dr. Robert Law
1 August 2011
On 1st January 2006, a group of alumni of the Hong Kong University Medical School gathered together outside the HKU Medical School to mourn the passing
Meditating on Death
Alastair Gornall
1 March 2011
In some of my past articles, I outlined some ways in which those of us who have a phobia of death may begin to contemplate
What Keeps the Cycle of Births and Deaths Rolling?
Rev. Upali
14 September 2009
In this essay I give a brief explanation of the concept of ‘saṅkhāra’, an important factor in the Buddhist theory of Causality, showing its role