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.
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.
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