How to Be Alone
Bodhidharma’s lesson on composure
Sallie Jiko Tisdale
Sallie Jiko Tisdale is a lay dharma teacher at Dharma Rain Zen Center, and a dharma heir of Kyogen Carlson. She is the author of Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying and The Lie About the Truck: Survivor, Reality TV, and the Endless Gaze.
The Samsara of Survivor
Zen teacher and writer Sallie Tisdale reflects on what the reality show, now concluding its 41st season, can teach us about perception, performance, and structured reality.
The Endless Gaze: Mirrors, Cameras, Binge-Watching and Making a Scene
In an excerpt from her new book, The Lie About the Truck, Sallie Tisdale depicts self-consciousness as the human condition.
Is There a Buddhist View on Abortion?
Lay dharma teacher Sallie Jiko Tisdale shares her insight
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
When Ghosts Come Back to Haunt Us
The rite of feeding hungry ghosts reminds us that good deeds cannot undo past karma, but we can still turn things around.
Doulas at the Other End of Life
Caregivers are there when we’re born. Now they guide us through our final days.
Alone on the Bodhisattva Path
Palliative care nurse and writer Sallie Tisdale reflects on the compassionate vow to save all beings in a time of physical isolation.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
A Life in Her Hands
Without clear moral guidelines, the author struggles with her pet's failing health.
MeditationMagazine | Interview
Travel Guide to the End of Life
An interview with Sallie Tisdale, death and dying educator
Podcasts
What Reality TV Can Teach Us About Surviving Ourselves
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, James Shaheen sits down with Zen teacher and writer Sallie Tisdale to discuss the dharma lessons of the award-winning reality TV show Survivor.
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