“Before you can live a part of you has to die. You have to let go of what could have been, how you should have acted and what you wish you would have said differently. You have to accept that you can’t change the past experiences, opinions of others at that moment in time or outcomes from their choices or yours. When you finally recognize that truth then you will understand the true meaning of forgiveness of yourself and others. From this point you will finally be free.” Shannon L Alder
Birth and Death
Birth & Death
by Zenkei Blanche Hartman
former Abbess of the
San Francisco Zen Center
There is a verse that’s on the han–the wooden block that calls us to the zendo. It’s also sometimes chanted just before bedtime in many Zen monasteries. It is an exhortation to practice and goes something like this:
‘May I respectfully remind you: Great is the matter of birth and death.
All is impermanent, quickly passing. Be awake each moment.
Don’t waste this life.’
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
“Even if you are going to die tomorrow, you train tonight.” Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Now That I Come to Die
Now That I Come to Die
A Final Testament called “The Immaculate Light”
by Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjampa
I Know How To Live, I Know How To Die
I Know How To Live, I Know How To Die
The Teachings of Dadi Janki
A Warm, Radical, and Life-Affirming View of Who We Are,
Where We Come From, and What Time is Calling Us to Do
by Neville Hodgkinson
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