A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Death

Live your life fully. And use every moment, every opportunity, in a way that is beneficial for oneself and for others. If we live every moment the same, in a positive, peaceful, and kind way, then death is also another moment—the same. So there’s no difference. —Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, as quoted in Andrew Holecek’s book Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition.

This From the Pure Land Post can be listened to on a podcast app or RSS feed. It can be read as a blog post or watched as a vidcast on my website, melpine.substack.com. It's a personal account of my evolution over the past year, the origin of From the Pure Land, and plans for the coming year, including a book project.