Death & Dying

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Is Ram Dass Still Here Now?

A friend of the late spiritual teacher recounts their conversations on life and death.

By Rameshwar Das

Jan 12, 2021

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

My Phone Call With Mortality

Reflections on cancer diagnosis, fear, and gratitude

By Douglas Penick

Dec 07, 2020

Trike Daily Teachings

How to Mourn 2020

In a year of overwhelming loss, there’s no one right way to grieve.

By Claire B. Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson

Oct 12, 2020

Trike DailyTeachings

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.

By Lewis Richmond

Sep 02, 2020

Trike Daily

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.

Interview with Edward Drott by Karen Jensen

Aug 26, 2020

Trike DailyBody & Mind

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.

By Rena Graham

Jul 17, 2019

Trike DailyTeachings

What We Can Discover in the Dark Unknown

Exploring our fear of the dark can reveal truths about death and what comes after.

By Andrew Holecek

Jun 28, 2019

Trike DailyTeachings

Confronting Corpses

In some Thai hospitals, Buddhists can observe autopsies to contemplate death. A Thai Forest monk explains the power of this practice.

By Ajahn Sumedho

Apr 25, 2019

Portrait of Amy Cunningham, an advocate of at-home funerals

Trike DailyBody & Mind

Creating the New American Buddhist Funeral

How the at-home death movement can provide a dignified, personal, and meaningful send-off (whether we’re Buddhists or not).

By Julia Hirsch

Jan 16, 2019

Trike Daily

Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

News

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Bhutan Vaccinates Its Population in Record Time

How the at-home death movement can provide a dignified, personal, and meaningful send-off (whether we’re Buddhists or not).

By Amanda Lim Patton and Karen Jensen

Apr 17, 2021

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

Visiting Teacher: Guo Gu

How the at-home death movement can provide a dignified, personal, and meaningful send-off (whether we’re Buddhists or not).

By The Editors

Spring 2021

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Engaging with the Truths of Suffering

How the at-home death movement can provide a dignified, personal, and meaningful send-off (whether we’re Buddhists or not).

Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt

Apr 2021

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