The Rise and Fall of the Dharma
Scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. examines the history of Buddhism’s survival—and the predictions surrounding its eventual decline.
Impermanence
Impermanence in Buddhism (Pali, anicca; Sanskrit, anitya) is one of the Buddha’s three marks of existence, or conditions that describe reality. The Buddha recognized that everything within samsara (the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth) is impermanent or ever-changing, and misunderstanding this truth is the root of our suffering.
Everything Is Buddha
Using the teachings of Suzuki Roshi as her guide, Noelle Oxenhandler explores what it means for things to be more than just things.
It’s Worse than You Think
On the liberation of defeat
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The Nine Contemplations
How to meet the inevitability of death
Awakening to Impermanence
Reflecting on the fleeting nature of life and the path toward clarity
Personal Reflections Psychology
The Anxiety of Existence
Anxiety is an inevitability of life. To confront it, we must come to terms with our own impermanence.
The Spirit of Impermanence
Patrick Nagatani’s handcrafted heavenly beings
Restoring Dignity at the End of Life
In this episode of Life As It Is, palliative medicine physician Sunita Puri discusses how she helps patients and families redefine what it means to live and die well in the face of serious illness.
We Can’t Always Get What We Want (And That’s All Right)
Accepting the inevitability of loss is essential to happiness
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