The Art of Dying

About this book

Weaving together material from many sources this collection provides a context for understanding deathwhether our own or a loved onesand experiencing it with awareness and equanimity. It features passages from the Pali texts writings of S. N. Goenka poems theoretical expositions a question-and-answer section and compelling essays by or about meditators confronting the end of life. With humility tenderness and often a smile they learn to accept their own impermanence suffering and nonself. Much of this material was collected from the archives of the International Vipassana Newsletter.