Bardo

Every Ending Is a Beginning

Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Mohsin Hamid

Nov 10, 2022

TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings

What Goes Through the Bardos?

Pema Chödrön on dualistic consciousness, non-self, and everything in between

By Pema Chödrön

Winter 2022

Personal Reflections Bardo

Moving Forward in the Present by Connecting to the Past

Interview with Maud Newton by Ann Tashi Slater

Oct 20, 2022

Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature

The Myth of Moving On

Writer Suleika Jaouad navigates the aftermath of illness and explores the in-between places.

By Ann Tashi Slater | Photographs by Celeste Sloman

Winter 2021

Personal Reflections Death & Dying

A Writer’s Journey Through the Bardo

In the latest episode of Life As It Is, Tricycle contributing editor Ann Tashi Slater talks about a severe illness that brought The Tibetan Book of the Dead to life for her.

By Ann Tashi Slater, edited by Sarah Fleming

Sep 16, 2021

Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature

A Journey Between Lives

How I found my way back to my ancestors through The Tibetan Book of the Dead

By Ann Tashi Slater

Summer 2021

Culture Music

Songs from the Bardo Guides Us to the Next Rebirth

Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith’s reinterpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is as faithful as it is provocative.

By Dan Zigmond

Oct 09, 2019

Meditation Death & Dying

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

Teachings Death & Dying

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

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Metta and Karuna: Two Heart Practices to Cultivate in Meditation and Daily Life

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Bardo

Every Ending Is a Beginning

What Goes Through the Bardos?

Moving Forward in the Present by Connecting to the Past

The Myth of Moving On

A Writer’s Journey Through the Bardo

A Journey Between Lives

Songs from the Bardo Guides Us to the Next Rebirth

Emptiness and Filling Out Forms: A Practical Approach to Death

What We Can Discover in the Dark Unknown

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