Seattle Insight Meditation Society

In Japanese Zen, the term shoji translates as “birth-death.” There is no separation between life and death other than a small hyphen - a thin line that connects the two. We cannot be truly alive without maintaining an awareness of death. 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. And the good news is we don’t have to wait until the end of our lives to realize the wisdom that death has to offer. (Please note: The recording ends during the Q&A period, because of an equipment limitation.)  This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/952