Ocean Vuong – A Life Worthy of Our Breath
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Do You Have a Buddhist Death Meditation?
I grew up right in the shadow of nine 11. We were essentially the last generation to play outside thoroughly, am right? And things like tag and man hunt an, you know, those things were gone overnight. I saw it with my own eyes. Our nation became a nation that dictated fear through colors. The conditions of our lives wold be vanquished through death. It's so small when the ultimate lastting reality is is death. i think it goes back to noah's ark too. Noah was also doing death meditation. Do you still, do you live across from a cemetery? Yes, i do. But even without it, i sit down and i do a death meditation
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