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Consider the moment of your death. What state of mind – what outlook – feeling will you bring to that moment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This question was the spark for my commitment to the practice of Buddhism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I lost my father to a heart attack in 1989. I had never felt such an overwhelming sense of loss. Somewhere in this experience I understood the finality of my birth. I don\u2019t think I connected the dots; death, antidote, Buddhism, but I wanted to bring focus to the experience of living. And living implies dying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here I am. It\u2019s a gradual journey. Taking time to study, to contemplate the teachings, follow instructions as well as I can. There have been many days of confusion, longing for greater understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ground that supports me through the hours and days of questions, of doubt, is my faith in the Lineage; of teachers and masters of Tibetan Buddhism. Beginning with my familiarity with HH the 14th Dalai Lama, a true example of compassion in action, I have discovered a host of true practitioners. Over time I have experienced their presence in my life and, as recommended by the Buddha himself, I have experienced their presence positive influence of the teachings and the teachers in my life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I prepared to die? Perhaps not completely. But I know the proof will be in my experience of this present moment. So\u2026 practice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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