It’s one thing to observe the circle of life as it impacts wild animals. And a completely different experience to learn that we too are part of the circle of life. That is when death comes crashing in. Holly Hisamoto learned about death when her favorite aunt died by suicide. And that tragedy helped to …
If you listened to the Death Dhamma podcast Episode 3 with Venerable De Hong, it might have changed your perspective on grief and trauma and what happens when our parents die. In this Death Dhamma Aha follow-up, Margaret Meloni shares the impact that knowing Venerable De has made on her, and some of her own …
Lessons Learned from Venerable De – Death, Buddism and Prison Work Read More »
When his father died, Venerable De Hong shed many tears. When his mother died, he also cried. They died many years apart. But, the difference in the grief he felt is not just due to his own progression on the path. It is that and so much more. When you are a child, and someone …
Venerable De Hong: Losing an Abusive Parent versus Losing a Loving Parent Read More »
Join me in what I like to call Death Dhamma Aha’s. An opportunity to reflect on my discussion with Noel Alumit and share with you some of the insightful points I learned from him.
Before COVID there was AIDS. And Noel Alumit learned about life, and death, and grief while working as a volunteer in an AIDS hospice. He was only 22 or 23-years-old. Now it is years later, and some things have changed, and some things remain the same. We cannot touch one another, we are afraid to …
Noel Alumit: On the Pandemic Path from AIDS to COVID and In-between Read More »
