The Death Dhamma Podcast
Open and honest discussions with wise and skillful teachers about their experiences with life, death, and Buddhism. If you wonder how others on the path have dealt with death and dying and grief, be sure to listen in. Everyone has a story, a perspective, and a valuable lesson to share. Embrace death, live a full life and learn to love impermanence because nobody gets out of this alive.
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Episodes
Lessons Learned from Ratnadevi: A Place of Acceptance
n fact, she discussed active hope. Meaning, not just wishing for positive change – but finding the steps that you can take to move forward with that change. And to be able to take those steps, you need to be in a place of acceptance.
Ratnadevi – Imagine Moving Forward
So many of us are in a state of grief, that we can say that there is a universal element to this pain.
Yes, we got a little dark. We did not leave it there. So do not be afraid to listen, because we did discuss the role of hope. And of moving forward.
Ratnadevi left us with a reminder to imagine deep compassion, that welcomes the sorrow. And to consider what the world would be like if it were to be covered in this all-encompassing compassion. The way to help create this world full of compassion. Go forward in the best way that you can. Find small achievable steps and take action.
Lessons Learned from Hector Marcel: You Have One Job
This overall feeling of sharing a space with a person who is willing to discuss the challenges we face with impermanence and suffering and who like the rest of us continues to work with the rising and ceasing of sadness or loneliness or joy. But approaches it with exuberance and hope.
Hector Marcel: A Reluctant, Rebellious Buddhist.
During our time together, in his purposeful and skillful way, Hector teaches me about the importance of bliss, walks me through emptiness, and reminds me of the importance of karma and intention. He is such a warm and caring example of what happens when you study Buddhism with your heart and your mind.
Lessons Learned from Sukhema: The Usefulness of Ritual
Many of us, perhaps most of us need rituals in our lives. We use rituals to mark occasions of all types. And Sukhema uses poetry in his rituals, and perhaps it is reasonable to say that poetry can be a form of ritual. When we lose something or someone, ritual can help us to acknowledge the loss and let go of some of the things that we cling to.
Sukhema: The Art of Losing Things
Sukhema knows about impermanence. He has lost his name (Larry Butler), his country (the United States of America), and more than a friend or two along his journey. He encounters it all with the heart of a poet.