Buddha Was Asleep in Our Home
Looking back on her life, an aging practitioner finds solace in nature’s cycles of birth and death.
Grief and Loss
The Zen Art of Caregiving
Sister Tue Nghiem discusses how the practice of presence helped her care for her mother in the final seven years of her life.
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Approaching Grief
Mindful methods from the executive director of the Zen Caregiving Project
Names for Light
Thirty-six years after her brother’s death, a writer revisits childhood memories in search of answers.
Mediums and Mountain Ascetics
Following her mother’s death, a writer turns to Japan’s spiritual traditions to find healing and connection.
The Practice of Refuge
Palliative care physician Sunita Puri discusses how she has found refuge in nature in the face of burnout and grief.
The Chain of Being
The Shin tradition of grave remembrance connects the living and the dead.
Into the Long Dark
Writer and psychotherapist Francis Weller discusses how ritual can help us meet the challenges of our time with presence and faith.
The Work of Not Knowing
Pulitzer Prize winner Marie Howe discusses how poetry can help us cultivate attention and devotion to the ordinary.
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