What the Dying Teach the Living

It is an incredible privilege to be with someone who is making this journey into the eternal world. When you are present at the sacrament of someone’s death, you should be very mindful of their situation. In other words, you should not concentrate so much on your own grief. You should rather strive to be fully present to, with and for the person wh

he who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live. —Michel de Montaigne,

“Dear one, do you see the cow on the hillside? She is eating grass in order to make my yogurt, and I am now eating the yogurt to make a Dharma talk.” Somehow, the cow will offer today’s Dharma talk. As I drank the cow’s milk, I was a child of the cow. The Buddha recommends we live our daily life in this way, seeing everything in the light of interb

Those who learn to know themselves, master themselves, and live their lives deeply and fully in each moment won’t be afraid of death. They can smile to whatever is coming.