What a Mother Can Hold
On motherhood, terminal illness, and what Kisa Gotami and Guanyin reveal about compassion
Death & Dying
Preparing for Death and Dying: Listening to Loved Ones
In this Dharma Talk, Zen teacher and palliative care nurse Sallie Jiko Tisdale shares how to care for loved ones who are dying.
Deep in the Monastery Night
A longtime friend and editor of Sri Lankan monk Bhante G reflects on a retreat experience in the aftermath of a devastating loss.
The Song of the Earth
Searching for the pure land
From the Academy: Relics
The proposed sale of the Buddha's relics raises questions that returning them has not settled.
Learning to Die Each Day
A Plum Village nun reflects on how remembering our mortality can help awaken us to the beauty of each moment.
The Vow Verse to Arouse Aspiration
Forgetting and not forgetting
Restoring Myself, Touching the Earth
Ten years after her mother’s death, a Plum Village monastic turns to nature to hold and transform her grief.
From the Academy: Death
How Buddhist traditions contemplate mortality, confront impermanence, and ritualize the final moment.
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