Practice the 5 strengths: How to Conduct Oneself at the Time of Death with Teague O'Malley
Channel: SF Dharma Collective
Date: 2020-11-16

Teague O’Malley explores what it means to skillfully conduct oneself through times of transition.

As we as a nation begin the transition toward a path of unity and healing among divisiveness and controversy, we can draw inspiration from wisdom teachings on the ultimate transition, death, to navigate times of change with a steady mind and open heart.

Continuing the sangha’s exploration of the Lojong mind training, this week’s slogan, Practice the 5 strengths: How to Conduct Oneself at the Time of Death, comes from the Mahayana instructions on how to die. Utilizing the practice for death as an analogy for how to live w a greater sense of ease and well-being through times of change.

Drawing on a combination of training in Tibetan death practices and his own experiences facing death, Teague will offer teachings, practices and reflection periods to inspire us to meet moments of transition in our lives with the steadiness and clarity of Bodhicitta.