Spiritual Friendship Is the Path; Good Death?; How the Dharma Helps Us Through Grief

 

10.05.2021

Good Death? Let’s Get Real Most of the time death won’t follow our script, says Zen teacher and end-of-life expert Joan Halifax. But amid its messiness and pain, our experience can be respected, and we can learn.

Spiritual Friendship Is the Path Each one of us, says David Viafora, can be a kalyana mitra, or “spiritual friend.” Here’s how. From the Fall 2021 issue of Buddhadharma.

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Ted Lasso, Dogen, and Death This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features highlights from the October issue of Lion’s Roar magazine.

Ask the Teachers: How can the dharma help us work through grief? Breeshia Wade, Tenku Ruff, Damchö Diana Finnegan share how the dharma can help us work through grief.

¿Qué es el sufrimiento? La palabra pali dukkha es traducida al inglés [y al español] comúnmente como “sufrimiento”. El dukkha se presenta en un abanico de emociones; de la felicidad a la desesperanza. Aunque sea contraintuitivo, es un concepto central en las enseñanzas de Buda. En estos pasajes siguientes, adaptados de enseñanzas más largas en Lion’s Roar, nueve maestros explican lo que es el sufrimiento, cómo lo sentimos, y por qué no es una condena, sino una feliz oportunidad. Read “What Is Suffering?” in English here.

Free “Dalai Lama Compassion Summit” coming October 14 from Lion’s Roar and Tibet House This free online event is an historic investigation of the value held dearest by one of the great spiritual figures of our time, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Waves of Change From menopause to emotional upheavals to contemplating mortality, Tracy Franz recommends new books to help us navigate life’s changes.