Death & Clarity




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Summary: Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Death & Clarity", by Vajradharshini brings us a beautiful piece on the hardest of subjects. Using zen poetry and a happily wide-ranging series of quotations (from Tibetan lamas to Ezra Pound), Vajradarshini explores her own father's death as a way to approach attitudes to death and dying. This excerpt, from the talk: "The Transitoriness of Life and the Certainty of Death," focusses on practice, a sense of urgency and being in the moment, she asks us: how do we want to spend our time?