Sharing her recent near-death experience, Trudy Goodman explains how and why dharma practice is essential to facing death without fear.

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This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Buddhist teacher Trudy Goodman shares:

• How even slivers of wisdom light up our life
• Her personal story of a near-death experience and choosing to live
• The imminence of death and knowing it can come at any time
• The extraordinary opportunity it is to be born
• The value in each moment we are aware
• The way that life takes care of life
• Learning to rest and not push
• Freedom from surrendering to the way things are
• How who we are is more important than what we do
• The way that pain concentrates the mind and tests our practice
• Appreciating all of the little moments that act as dharma doorways

This recording was originally published on Dharmaseed

About Trudy Goodman:

Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats and workshops worldwide.

“Who we are is more important than what we do. It just is. It’s really true that just being alive is a gift, even though there are moments when it doesn’t feel like that.” – Trudy Goodman

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