Confronting Illness and Death

How do we confront illness and death? We will all experience them, but often don't want to contemplate them. I'll discuss some recent YouTube channels that have dealt with illness and death in deep and profound ways, as well as a little of my own journey. Then I'll turn to both traditional Buddhist and secular contemplations that may prove useful.

The YouTube channels:

Simone Giertz:    / @simonegiertz  
(Since recording my video she has finished her radiation treatment and come out with new videos on her channel).

So Fia:    / @sofia7448  
Emily Hayward:    / @emilyhayward4726  
PeeWeeToms:    / peeweetoms  

"What do people say before they die?"    • What Do People Say Before They Die ?  

The Zen Center for Contemplative Care: https://zencare.org/

Books mentioned:

The Dhammapada (Gil Fronsdal, trans.): https://amzn.to/2EQ89mt
Christopher Hitchens, Mortality: https://amzn.to/2EP90Un

another good one:

Anālayo, Mindfully Facing Disease and Death: https://amzn.to/2FR08wR

Suttas and other texts mentioned:

https://suttacentral.net/an10.29/en/b...
https://suttacentral.net/mn10/en/sujato (On Mindfulness)
http://www.epicurus.net/en/menoeceus....

Recent article worth a read:

"The Lesson of Impermanence" - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/we...

If you would like to help support the channel, check out my Patreon page at   / dougsseculardharma  

Thanks to Patrons:
Matthew Smith
Kathy Voldstad
slidnbob
Thissapunyo
JC
Tony Marina
Pritom Phookun
Shantha Wengappuli

#dougsdharma #dougsseculardharma #buddhism #secularbuddhism
-----------------------------
Please visit the Secular Buddhist Association webpage!

http://secularbuddhism.org/

Disclaimer: any Amazon links are affiliate links where I will earn a very small commission on purchases you make, at no additional cost to you. This goes a tiny way towards defraying the costs of making these videos. Thank you!