Death: The Only Thing We Have To Do

Venerable Thubten Semkye gives a short talk on why it's helpful to think about the certainty of our death and leads a guided meditation on how meditating on death can help us to clarify our priorities and bring vividness and meaning to our lives.

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Just what I needed, as I contemplate the agony of a younger family member and expect personal analysis results. Thank you deeply for the practical coaching.

That was amazing & deeply enriching!!

Good voice. Straight to the point. Helpful and maybe for more experienced meditator? Because forgiving and asking for forgiveness is something one cannot do lightly even with the urgency of knowing that we are going to die. We just don't know when but, could be an incentive to forgive and or ask forgiveness more quickly.

Quite useful considerations in preparation of path entrance ❤️. I would really like more contemplation time in the meditation itself on the questions at the end. Thank you 🌷🙏

I was raised Roman Catholic but I’m non practicing. I found comfort in your talk and the speakers voice is beautiful and soothing. I’m grieving right now, a precious life taken away much too young. Thank you for the insight, thoughts, exercises. Namaste. ❤️

Deeply touched. Thank you ! 🙏🕊️❤️

A subject that we need to acknowledge and think about. Not with fear, but with recognition to surrender with love for ourselves and those that touch our lives. 🙏

This makes me realize. I need to accept an apology that will never
be given as the person is not capable of understanding their wrong doings.

Why are we so afraid of the unknown, death may be a beautiful thing?

Really healthy to pull my focus to what I wish everyone around me to receive from me right in each moment.

Life changing. Thank you

An extremely provocative and beneficial meditation. Thank you for your kindness Venerable.

That was a super inspiring speech and meditation thanks 😊 🥰🌙

Strikingly simple metaphor and some really good advice there.

Thank you for making me think honestly about things that I push under the rug and try to ignore about myself, I realize I have to think about lots of stuff and try to make amends and also start making up for so much before I can even think about returning to start another life and expect to be able to have a decent life and have a “do-over” without changing this life. I am blabbering on and on here, my mind knows what I am trying to say, but the words aren’t coming out right. I do have cognitive problems do to a medical problem (MS) but I don’t want that as an excuse, I need to be honest here. Anyway, your words and meditation seem to hit something in me that I need to concentrate on a lot more. Thank you for this. I will be looking for more talks on death to help me.

I loved the quote “If you don’t start your morning thinking about death, you’ve wasted your morning”

This is such a lovely plainly spoken dharma talk on awareness and acceptance of death. I love the image of the gas in the tank and the cup (or glass). I had lovely revelations in response to the questions during the meditation. I love the talk and the teacher and I will listen again. I think you might like this: https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2019/10/57682/

Wonderful teaching! Thank you for sharing! ♥️🙏🏼♥️

Thanks 🙏 this is one of the most inspiring mediations I’ve had in Insight Timer.

Very helpful, thank you🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻I am working on"letting go with ease and joy" in preparation of leaving a quarter of a century of life behind and returning to Europe. Realizing that the only thing I will take with me when I die, is the karma I built throughout my life, helps me tremendously in that process🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻