Start your day with a fresh perspective
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.
By Rena Graham
Exploring our fear of the dark can reveal truths about death and what comes after.
By Andrew Holecek
In some Thai hospitals, Buddhists can observe autopsies to contemplate death. A Thai Forest monk explains the power of this practice.
By Ajahn Sumedho
How the at-home death movement can provide a dignified, personal, and meaningful send-off (whether we’re Buddhists or not).
By Julia Hirsch
Death is unavoidable. It might seem morbid to contemplate this truth, but doing so can fill our day-to-day life with more meaning and joy.
By Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
Zen training talks a lot about death. But one practitioner found that it doesn’t necessarily prepare you to face your own.
By Natalie Goldberg
Can we shift our perspective on the reality of loss?
By Lauren Krauze
How finding moments of quiet among her daily tasks helped one writer prepare for her father’s death.
By Rachel Meyer
A Zen priest and bereavement educator explains the importance of sticking with our pain and other difficult emotions so we can come out on the other side.
By Joanne Cacciatore