2026-03-28 How Do I Apply the Dhamma to Disease & Death DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words | Ayya Santussikā 1:49:09
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on March 28, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” Also included at the end is a sharing of a document titled "Practices for Before, During and After Dying." The document was created by Ayya Santussikā and includes suggestions on how to prepare for when you are dying and what friends and relatives can do after you die. Please note this document is a work in progress where changes may be made. You can find the document located on the following webpage https://www.karunabv.org/winter-retre... 22:38 - Dhamma Talk (DN 16.31) 29:50 - Comments, Questions & Responses (DN 16.31) 33:56 - Dhamma Talk (DN 16.34) 59:31 - Comments, Questions & Responses (DN 16.34) 1:14:04 - Introduction & Overview of Document “Practices Before, During and After Dying” 1:24:07 - Comments, Questions & Responses on "Practices Before, During and After Dying" From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-03-22 The Inevitable Process of Birth, Aging, and Death 24:19
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
A reflection on the citta’s migration through birth, aging, and the transition of death and how our skill in meeting the present moment matters. Seeing through the small story of me and mine and undoing unconscious patterns can transform our relationship to life and train us to meet the world with more wisdom and compassion.
Parayana Vihara

2026-03-21 How Do I Apply Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 35.74 Sick & SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick 1:28:28
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on 21st of March, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - Guided Meditation 26:15 - DHAMMA TALK (SN 35 74 Sick1st) 42:56 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES 1 54:55 - DHAMMA TALK (SN 41 10 Seeing the Sick) 1:06:12 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES 2 From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-03-14 How Do I Apply Dhamma to Disease and Death AN 6.56 With Phagguna | Ayya Santussikā 1:28:56
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on March 14, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - WELCOME 01:09 - GUIDED MEDITATION 23:09 - DHAMMA TALK 47:31 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-03-07 How Do I Apply the Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) | Ayya Santussikā 1:29:07
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on March 7, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:05 - GUIDED MEDITATION 20:56 - DHAMMA TALK 51:40 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-02-28 How Do I Apply the Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu & SN 55.54 Sick | Ayya Santussikā 1:28:33
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on February 28, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:25 - GUIDED MEDITATION 22:14 - DHAMMA TALK (SN 55.3 WITH DĪGHĀVU--PT 1) 28:25 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES (SN 55.3 WITH DĪGHĀVU--PT 1) 45:11 - DHAMMA TALK (SN 55.3 WITH DĪGHĀVU--PT 2) 54:30 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES (SN 55.3 WITH DĪGHĀVU--PT 2) 1:08:04 - DHAMMA TALK (SN 55.54 SICK) 1:20:30 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES (SN 55.54 SICK) From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-02-21 How Do I Apply Dhamma to Disease and Death MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika | Ayya Santussikā 1:30:26
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on February 21, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK : - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-02-14 How Do I Apply the Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 3.22 Grandmother and 47.13 With Cunda l Ayya Santussikā 1:42:20
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From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussikā, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-02-07 How Do I Apply Dhamma to Disease and Death AN 10.60 With Girimānanda | Ayya Santussikā 1:33:28
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on February 7th, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - GUIDED MEDITATION 27:34 - DHAMMA TALK 1:15:56 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-02-07 Morning Reflection: Practicing the 4 Protective Meditation 14:43
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Practicing the 4 protective meditation namely- Reflection on the qualities of the Buddha or Dhamma or Sangha; Reflection on metta, reflection of body parts (visible ones); reflection on death causes and protect us from: Doubt, Attachment, Aversion, Laziness, respectively.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2026 at IMS Forest Refuge

2026-01-31 How Do I Apply Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 22.89 With Khemaka 1:32:37
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on 31st of January, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - GUIDED MEDITATION 21:27 - DHAMMA TALK 58:47 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-01-24 How Do I Apply Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 22 88 With Assaji 1:34:57
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on 24th of January, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis.
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-01-17 How Do I Apply Dhamma to Diseas and Death: An Arrow SN 36.6 1:33:28
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on 17 January, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - GUIDED MEDITATION 19:37 - DHAMMA TALK 56:14 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-01-10 How Do I Apply the Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 22.1 Nakula's Father 1:40:13
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2026-01-01 We Live in All Things, All Things Live in Us 33:14
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Reflection on Impermanence & Death
Big Bear Retreat Center :  New Year's Retreat: Weaving Ancient and New Ways of Being

2025-12-30 Treasures in the Dark: Death as a Teacher of Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:29
Devon Hase	Download Listen
What if aging, illness, and death aren't enemies to avoid, but teachers bowing at our feet? This talk explores the Buddha's radical invitation to turn toward life's inevitable difficulties—not with morbidity, but with the clear-eyed realism that sets us free. Through poetry, contemporary dharma voices, and the ancient practice of death awareness, we discover how contemplating our mortality doesn't diminish joy—it ignites it. When we stop living heedlessly and wake up to the preciousness of this breath, this moment, this life, we find the courage to love completely and let go gracefully. A New Year's reflection on endings, beginnings, and the alchemy that transforms suffering into compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-11-29 Q&A 34:57
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
00:07 Q1 There is body contemplation and contemplation of death. Can I contemplate things such as my work, my relationships with a fear of failing? How do I do it? 20:28 Q2 You mentioned during Qigong making a circle with the arms and concentrating within the ring. I found this very helpful to calm the mind. Is there something similar to help calm the mind during sitting or standing meditation? 29:40 Q3 You said the world begins and ends in the body. I'm rather used to hearing that the mind is the source of everything. Can you clarify this please?
Nera Nara Retreat Centre :  Pak Chong Silent Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2025-11-23 Contemplating Death & the Deathless 43:52
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-22 The Deathless 17:34
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
London Insight Meditation :  Christina Feldman – Further Reflections on The Dhammapada

2025-11-06 Deathbed Visualization 24:06
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Befriending Mortality

2025-11-05 Mindfulness of the Body: Death 19:04
Dawn Neal	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-03 Benefits of Mindfulness of Death 38:41
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Befriending Mortality

2025-10-29 Anathapindika's Gift to Us (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:10
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The talk explores the sutta, The Advice to Anathapindika. The sutta reveals how Anathapindika bestowed the teachings of non-clinging and letting to those of us who ar householders. The talk concludes with a current story of a near death experience that embodies the realization of the goodness of the dharma.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Maraṇasati: Contemplating Death - Awakening to Life

2025-10-26 Buddhism and Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:56
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Exploring the Normalcy of Death in Buddhism. Looking at the many ways Buddhism understands death: Death of the body; The life and death of each moment; Becoming harmonious with Death as part of Life; Death as a Doorway to the Deathless,
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Maraṇasati: Contemplating Death - Awakening to Life

2025-09-10 The door to the deathless 31:32
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  Silent Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2025-08-14 Dharma and Our Connection to the Earth 58:12
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Reflections on our body as nature and subject to the conditions of nature, including change and death. Reflections on the mind as also part of nature. Wishing well for all can come naturally when we recognize we are all in the same fragile situation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Nature is Our Body: Dharma and Connection to the Earth (248R25)

2025-07-23 Honoring the Life and Work of Joanna Macy 66:54
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
This talk occurs five days after Joanna's death at age 96, and two days after Donald attended a wake for Joanna at her home, saying good-bye to her. Donald first met Joanna Macy in 1977, while still a student. When he moved to Berkeley, California in 1988, he helped start a neighborhood daily meditation group of ten households, including that of Joanna and her husband Fran. So he got to know Joanna and Fran as friends and neighbors. In 1991, he first trained in her approach, later called "The Work That Reconnects" and offered this work in different venues. Over the years, they have stayed friends and colleagues, and sometimes taught together. In this talk, Donald gives a sense of the trajectory of Joanna's life and work, showing photos of Joanna spanning her life-time and interspersing stories of training with Joanna and using her practices and perspectives in his own teaching. He focuses in the second part of the talk on the four aspects of the "spiral" of her teaching: (1) starting with gratitude, (2) honoring our pain for the world, (3) seeing with new eyes, and (4) going forth into the world. We close with a brief account of Joanna's wake from two days before the talk, and a video recording from the wake of group singing about the "Great Turning." The talk is followed by discussion and closing intentions. For the slides shown during the talk, see document 318, below.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files: Slide Show on the Life and Work of Joanna Macy by Donald Rothberg (PDF)

2025-07-12 Be an Island for yourself 13:08
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Buddha's advice to Ananda after Sariputta's and Maha Moggallana's deaths. (SN.)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-07-03 Paradox of Life and Death 59:07
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Exploring how the Buddha gave up the intoxication with youth, health and life. How mindfulness of death supports opening to our Buddha nature. Includes personal story about the experience of discontinuity in my near death experience.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Maranasati: Contemplating Death, Awakening to Life

2025-07-01 Anathapindika and the Presence of Mindfulness 54:32
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
How Satipatthana directs us to the development of not just being present but presence of Mind. Presence of mind support letting go. Anathapindika faces death directly and is given instructions of not clinging to anything. This Sutta changes the teachings of Buddhism for non-monsastics.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Maranasati: Contemplating Death, Awakening to Life

2025-06-29 Normalcy of Life and Death 47:41
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
How we understand death dharmically and in our personal lives holds the potential for mindfulness of death in ways that enrich and bring the fruits of the dharma into our lives.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Maranasati: Contemplating Death, Awakening to Life

2025-06-20 Managing the waves in the lake 54:11
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Citta/heart is like a lake with waves rippling through it. The unawakened response is to create walls to resist the unpleasant, and fences to retain the pleasant - and ‘me’ to hold it all. Awakening responses to the waves are the skills of samadhi and brahmavihara. These make the lake vast and able to allow waves to arise and subside. They are doors to the Deathless - the unconstructed that the citta can enter through non-holding.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  One Month Retreat at the Forest Refuge

2025-05-25 On the Threshold of Silence 29:19
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
We are caught up in the world – as if we're in jail. But we are also on the threshold of silence wherein lies the key to pure, infinite, wordless presence. Isn't that love – timeless, universal, here and now? Sustain that purity of heart and abide in pure presence, aware of awareness itself. There is no 'one' there, no solid being, and no experience is refused. Why is that? Because we cease to live in fear. The Buddha guides us to witness this process – not as a person identified with self or ego but just letting the world go. For we are not what we know, and that consciousness is the Deathless.
Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community (TBC)

2025-05-07 Understanding and Responding to the World on the Basis of Core Teachings and Practices 2 67:28
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We first review of some of the themes explored last week. We look at the appropriateness of understanding and responding to social and political concerns, in the context of non-profit organizations and then in the context of the Buddha's teachings (which involved commentary on the caste system, on the origins of wars and poverty) and later Buddhist traditions (for example, King Ashoka, a practitioner in what is now India in 250 B.C.E. eliminated the death penalty, renounced war, and set up medical facilities for non-human animals). We then identify four foundations for bringing our attention to social and political concerns, including staying connected to the vision and practice of awakening and grounding ethically. This is followed by identifying, through the lens of teachings, six contemporary systems and ideologies (strengthened in the current U.S.) that manifest greed, aversion, and delusion and violate core ethical teachings. Then we look briefly at ways of practicing and responding individually, in connection with community. The talk is followed by discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-03-29 Guided life and death contemplation practice 40:34
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni	Download Listen
London Insight Meditation :  Venerable Canda – Liberating Perspectives on Death and Dying

2025-03-29 What the Buddha said about contemplation on death 37:29
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni	Download Listen
London Insight Meditation :  Venerable Canda – Liberating Perspectives on Death and Dying

2025-03-21 Aging, Illness, and Death 53:14
Devon Hase	Download Listen
The Four Heavenly Messengers and the Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection, with a focus on practicing with aging, illness. and death.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-03-16 The Five Recollections: Turning Toward Truth 44:08
Devin Berry	Download Listen
Explores the Buddha’s teachings on aging, illness, death, loss, and karma—brought to life through Dharma reflections and evocative stories, inviting us to meet impermanence with wisdom, presence, and the freedom to love fully.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2025-03-01 Wise Acceptance & An Appropriate Response 44:16
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Meeting Ageing, Sickness, Death, Loss, & Action, Well
Gaia House :  Letting In

2025-02-18 Reflections on Death and Birth (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:38
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2025-02-16 An Appropriate Response 44:22
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
In an old Zen story, a student comes to see his beloved teacher who is on his death bed and asks: Tell me, what is the teaching of your entire lifetime? And the teacher replies: An appropriate response. Tonight's talk will explore what it means to respond appropriately to a world on fire. To support San Francisco Insight Meditation Community, please go here: sfinsight.org/donate
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2025-02-10 Understanding Impermanence, Week 5 of 6 - Meditation 30:45
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
This guided meditation centers on the nine contemplations of death.
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies: Understanding Impermanence

2025-02-10 Understanding Impermanence, Week 5 of 6 - Talk 55:56
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
This talk centers around the mindfulness of death.
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies: Understanding Impermanence

2025-01-18 Befriending Death: Nibbana as the Deathless 34:10
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Befriending Death: Mindfulness of Dying as a Path to Awakening with Meg Brandeland and Mark Nunberg

2025-01-18 Befriending Death: Compassion Meditation 25:40
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Befriending Death: Mindfulness of Dying as a Path to Awakening with Meg Brandeland and Mark Nunberg

2025-01-18 Befriending Death: Practicing with the Idea of Death and Dying 34:06
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Befriending Death: Mindfulness of Dying as a Path to Awakening with Meg Brandeland and Mark Nunberg

2025-01-18 Befriending Death: Introduction and Meditation 13:33
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Befriending Death: Mindfulness of Dying as a Path to Awakening with Meg Brandeland and Mark Nunberg

2024-12-14 This Could Be Your Last Breath 57:29
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Morning reflection and contemplating death as a way to bring bring the mind back into presence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Where Wisdom & Compassion Meet - Monastic Retreat

2024-11-27 No Footprints in the Sky (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:11
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Reflection and practice around the sky-like mind. Radical reflection, returning to the root, turning the mind to the deathless. Contemplating "what remains."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love

2024-11-22 The Five Recollections 51:40
Jaya Rudgard	Download Listen
Contemplating the five subjects for frequent recollection: aging, sickness, death, loss, and karma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2024-11-20 Love 49:40
Devon Hase	Download Listen
Homage to the beauty of love in all its forms. Reflections on life-and-death, wonder, and the gift of the dhamma.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Natural Radiance: Exploring the Freedom of Awareness

2024-11-01 Morning Instructions: Releasing into peace and intention setting through deathbed visualization. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:01
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)

2024-10-31 An Exquisite Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:30
Kodo Conlin	Download Listen
Moving aside from the notions of a good death or a bad death, we consider an exquisite death. The power of an encounter with mortality can set our lives in motion. How would we like to be companions for ourselves? In this talk we hear stories that changed Kodo's understanding of mortality, and how the Buddha accompanied the ill and dying.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)

2024-10-30 Letting Go to Befriend Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:11
John Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)

2024-10-29 Don't Wait (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:19:49
Frank Ostaseski	Download Listen
Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight. She helps us to discover what matters most. We don’t have to wait until the end of our lives to realize the wisdom that death has to offer.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)

2024-10-28 Did you ever forget that you were alive and suddenly you remembered? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:44
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Mindfulness of Death practice supports us facing fear of death, living with intention and aligned with our values, avoiding common regrets at the end of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living An Awakened Life Through Mindfulness of Death (Maraṇasati)

2024-10-13 Reflections on aging, decay, death and loss 12:23
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
London Insight Meditation :  Yanai Postelnik – The 5 daily reflections

2024-09-28 Reflection on Death 1:10:12
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
This dhamma talk and Q&A was offered on September 28, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 18:25 - Q&A Article Mentioned: https://www.buddhisma2z.com/content.php?id=223
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2024-09-26 Noble Rescue 24:25
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
How can we rescue ourselves from the obstacles to our happiness? We must not disregard the power of awareness in the present moment to vanquish suffering. For in this very moment is everything we need to know. All moments, whether tainted or blessed, are conditioned by their predecessor. Without care and discernment, vigilance and integrity, we could easily fall into states of decline. Ill-will begets enmity, while joy begets ease and serenity, and each moment is the mother of the next. So too, stepping into the joys of life as it unfolds, we live by the best qualities we can reap. One bare insight into truth and we know what we truly are. Then we open the gates to the Deathless.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2024-09-22 A Love Letter to the Deathless 44:16
Erin Selover	Download Listen
An intimate sharing of over two decades of courtship with "the deathless."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spiritual Sanctuary: A Women's Liberation Retreat

2024-09-16 Maranasati 2024 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:42
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Contemplating our mortality personally as well as learning how Buddhism utilizes Mindfulness of Death as a gateway to Awakening. The Advice to Anathapindika gifts us with the deeper teachings on letting go of attachment; letting go of our identity; letting go of life!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Aging, Dying, & Awakening

2024-07-06 Reflections on Death: Death and the Deathless 57:04
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Originally recorded on 10.23.97 and replayed for this retreat.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation

2024-06-30 The Art of Harmlessness 22:58
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
We humans share this journey of birth, old age, sickness and death. Sometimes we succumb to fear or sorrow; sometimes we are exhausted or disoriented as if lost on a perilous path. Seeing this universality of suffering and knowing its causes, we ask: "What will set us free?" With the lens of refined moral aptitude, in silent witness, we stop to listen and directly know for ourselves the inner joy and peace of true harmlessness. Patiently, our noble guides of benevolent compassion and wise reflection steer the heart to its liberation – awakening to Unconditional Love.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2024-06-27 Q&A 51:10
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
00:08 Q1 You mentioned we should all contemplate/ meditate on death every day. How does one do that? 21:10 Q2 What to do when the ease of well-being and kindness of metta morph into profound awareness of suffering in the world and the lives of loved ones? 37:34 Q3 You wrote in ‘Breathing like a Buddha’ that “Full liberation therefore is equated with breaking the compulsive link between name and form". You mentioned this here as well. Can you re-explain please?
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  A Mindful Resonance

2024-06-18 Facing Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:20
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
This talk is about a recent near death experience and the choice to live, exploring how and why dharma practice is essential to facing death without fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Magic of Awareness

2024-06-03 Precious Human Birth– Becoming Human in Each Moment (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:15
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
What makes humans precious? The magic, mystery & wonder embodied consciousness that is characterized by the Oneness of Birth-and-Death, & the paradox of unity of suffering and awakening being in Precious Human Birth
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Loving Each Moment: The Heartfelt Revelation of Dharma

2024-05-23 Walking the Buddha's Path: Taking Refuge in a Human Teacher 34:51
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
Offered May 23, 2024 Gregory Kramer invites the Insight Dialogue Community to celebrate Vesak together. Vesak day is a celebration and recognition of the Buddha’s birth, awakening and death. It usually occurs on the first full moon of May. A common intention set on this day is a recommitment to Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha. This is a day to remember the Buddha's legacy and celebrate our potential for progress on the path to liberation, just as Gotama did before his awakening. In this talk, Gregory offers the following contemplations: Do you sense your own humanity? your own potential our own vulnerability? Does your own humanity connect you to the Buddha? and inspire you?
Insight Dialogue Community

2024-04-08 Freedom from Fear 53:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Bhavana, cultivation, is associated with bringing into being fruitful states and dwelling in them. Without this ground, citta- heart - goes out, focuses on conditioned phenomena. The natural result will be uncertainty, anxiety, fear. Practices for clearing fear at its root are described: contemplation of death, mindfulness of body and breathing, generosity, virtue.
Amaravati Monastery

2024-03-27 At the core of the Citta is brilliant sanity 50:55
Erin Treat	Download Listen
The gift of practice, trusting the Dharma, reflecting upon birth, death, and finding our way
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Opening to Wisdom and Love: Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-03-23 Guided meditation on the deathless 27:48
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
London Insight Meditation :  Martin Aylward – “Maranasati: How reflecting on your death can liberate your life”

2024-03-23 The deathless 23:49
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
London Insight Meditation :  Martin Aylward – “Maranasati: How reflecting on your death can liberate your life”

2024-03-23 Death and renewal are intertwined 9:30
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
London Insight Meditation :  Martin Aylward – “Maranasati: How reflecting on your death can liberate your life”

2024-03-23 Making sense of death 18:29
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
London Insight Meditation :  Martin Aylward – “Maranasati: How reflecting on your death can liberate your life”

2024-03-10 Birth, Death & the Web of Life. 31:36
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Reflections, Guided Meditation
Gaia House :  The Dharma Was Made For These Times - The Four Protective Meditations (online)

2024-03-08 Overview - The 4 Contemplations on the Buddha, Mettā, Embodiment & Death 42:10
Laura Bridgman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Dharma Was Made For These Times - The Four Protective Meditations (online)

2024-02-25 Q&A 16:02
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Q1 This person says that they are very sensitive and that things like traffic signs, noises, imperfections and the bustle of reality disturbs them. Do you have any advice? Q2 01:23 Could you comment on aging, sickness and death. Most of my friends and myself are in their late 70s or 80s and want to be more skilled in working with different stages and pain so as to be as prepared as possible for the dying phase.
Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat :  Cultivating the Empty Field

2024-02-22 talk: Death contemplation, gratitude and muditā practice 33:29
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight meetings 2024

2024-02-16 Q&A 35:35
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
00:10 Q1 Please share tips to manage the flurry of emotions that might arise when we're back in our day today busy lives. 20:18 Q2 Sometimes when I think of my own death I don't care. How do we manage acceptance in a way that doesn't become apathetic or dull sense of I don't care. 27:47 Q3 How do you establish presence and find your center when your body is in unbearable pain? 34:16 Q4 Can you speak about the use of pharmaceuticals for perceived mental and physical imbalances?
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Regaining the Center

2024-02-15 talk: Freedom and death contemplation p2 25:43
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight meetings 2024

2024-02-01 talk: Freedom and contemplation of death 25:36
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight meetings 2024

2024-01-06 What is deathlessness 37:20
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Dhamma Stream Online Sessions

2024-01-06 Q&A 50:10
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Q1 In samadhi, kāyasankhāra unifies with cittasankhāra. In this state what does the citta feel like? 16:25 Q2 Having associated wanting with a negative connotation I have been habitually suppressing my wants/ desires so sometimes it is hard to know what I want when it comes to important decisions. 31:41 Q3 During meditation is it OK to let my body move back and forth as I feel being pulled by a subtle energy flow. 33:00 Q4 Regarding death practice, do you have any advice? 39:52 Q5 When one becomes too comfortable in walking it becomes monotonous and the mind becomes dull but that’s not what we want, right? Any suggestions? 43:07 Q6 How do we practice dhamma in our daily life, especially in a hectic environment?
Palilai Buddhist Temple :  Sharing Merit with the Broken Heart

2024-01-02 Contemplating our mortality 64:59
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Reflections on the power and importance of turning towards the reality of what it means that we are subject to death.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom

2023-12-10 Q&A 49:03
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
00:00 Q1 When we're doing sitting meditation are we to be mindful of feelings inside the whole body as we breathe in and out? When anybody sensations or pain arises are we to contemplate them with loving kindness? 10:55 Q2 Is it okay to use the mantra Bhudo for sitting meditation? 11:58 Q3 Are there different realities of truth? For example historical, scientific, personal? Ultimate reality? Everything is what it should be, no good no bad. 17:07 Q4 How can the dhamma help two people in a relationship resolve an indiscretion of the moral code? How does the dhamma guide one to accept responsibility for actions that harm another? 20:23 Q5 Citta - is it a harmony between the brain and the heart? Does it include all levels of consciousness? 31:36 Q6 At the point of death what do we do when we're overwhelmed with pain? If the mind is too weak to maintain equanimity? What happens if one dies totally consumed by pain? 41:09 Q7 Could QiGong help me to be more balanced in body and mind?
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  Finding Your True Ground - Awareness as a Refuge

2023-12-09 Dharma Talk - Death is the Mother of Beauty 41:55
River Wolton	Download Listen
Gaia House :  This Precious Human Life - Contemplating Our Mortality

2023-11-28 Q&A 47:06
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Questions are précised - 00:22 Q1 How to practice mindfulness of death? 16:27 Q2 We take in the world through the five senses. If we do not hear or see any news does that mean things, like the war in Gaza, are not really happening? 28:07 Q3 How do we know whether a kalyanamitta (spiritual friend) is trustworthy? 29:44 Q4 I get tension and constrictions in the chest and other places. I often get frustrated with this. Perhaps I am too preoccupied with it? 37:23 Q5 I am eager to understand imbalances – like jealousy and comparison - and to break through them quickly. What is your advice? 44:01 Q6 How can one influence or talk to other people about other views, like politics for example?
Bandar Utama Buddhist Society :  Training for Life

2023-11-19 The Four Noble Truths in Action 23:07
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
The Buddha realized a state of pure awakened consciousness. We try to emulate his moral excellence by turning inward to bring the mind to silence. In that stillness, we can relinquish habitual unwholesome and harmful thoughts, thus revealing the same universal moral essence within us – just as in all beings. It is our pathway to the heart’s peace and freedom from suffering. Here, when loving-kindness and compassion preside, the gates to the Deathless are open.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2023-11-16 Navigating Death and Loss Through Practice 1:42:35
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Tucson

2023-10-04 Living, Dying & Letting Go (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:29
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Buddhist teachings on Death & Letting Go – Highlighting the sutta: Advice to Anathapindika. Appreciating his dying gift to us across time and space.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Maranasati: Mindful of Death, Awakening to Life

2023-10-03 The 5 Recollections, Samvega and Karma (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:18
Gullu Singh	Download Listen
In this talk, Gullu reflects on the ancient practice from the Buddha of the 5 subjects for frequent recollection which invites us to contemplate that we are of the nature to age, get sick, to die and be separated from all the dear to us (one way or another) and yet, we have agency to develop qualities of mind and heart that allow us to move through these innate difficulties of life with more grace. Awareness of death can bring a sense of spiritual urgency (samvega) which is useful in cultivation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Maranasati: Mindful of Death, Awakening to Life

2023-08-09 The Domain of Release – the Deathless is now 58:05
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The aim of cultivation is the release from the stress, craving, and fear that sense consciousness creates.
Cittaviveka :  2023 Dhamma Talks

2023-07-14 Attending to the fragmented cosmos 61:59
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Self and other, life and death, body and mind are some of the basic fragmentations causing stress. Practice allows a healing wisdom to arise.
Gaia House :  Unrestricted Awareness

2023-07-12 Being with Love, Death and Grief: Tara Brach and Frank Ostaseski 1:33:22
Tara Brach, Frank Ostaseski	Download Listen
Grief is our natural way of expressing loss for what we love, and learning to open to grief serves the deepening and widening of our loving. This event, given at the Upaya Zen Center on June 25, 2023, includes short meditations and talks by Frank and Tara, and powerful sessions of questions and responses.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-07-09 Death: guided meditation followed by reflection 21:52
Victor von der Heyde	Download Listen
A guided meditation bringing and awareness of death to present experience, see what comes from this perspective, followed by a reflection on the uncertainty of the time of death and our priorities.
Australian Insight Meditation Network :  Seeing That Frees

2023-06-26 Contemplation of Death & Metta 43:20
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  Skillful Living in a World on Fire: Grounded in the Noble Eightfold Path

2023-05-30 Shifting the Perception of Death 32:51
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community :  FIMC Monday Night Talks

2023-05-28 A Greater Perspective (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:02
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Reflections on upekkha (equanimity) and a guided meditation on birth, aging and death.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet - A Retreat with Buddhist Nuns (252R23) - On Land with Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta and Emily Carpenter

2023-05-14 Giving Birth to the Deathless 46:39
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
A talk to Bandar Utama Buddhist Society in Kuala Lumpur on Mother's Day May 14, 2023
Bandar Utama Buddhist Society

2023-05-07 Q&A 25:44
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
In Singapore. Questions are précised: 00:04 If experienced meditators can control their entry into jhana at the time of death, does it mean they can choose their rebirth? 03:22 When we transfer merit, does it really work given what the Buddha said about being the owner and benefactor of our kamma? 10:30 Should we practice differently before we sleep and how? How can I deal with sloth and torpor? 14:04 What is the best thing to say to a loved one who is dying? 19:47 How do you know you are practicing well and yet encouraging yourself to commit to the practice? Is meditation always about the breath?
Singapore

2023-04-02 Attuning to the Nature of Things 26:20
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Reflections on death and grieving.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery