Get Your Death Ducks in a Row
Margaret Meloni, PhD
19 December 2024
Margaret Meloni examines the benefits of living mindfully and cultivating a relationship with impermanence
Death Dhamma
Where there is birth, there will also be death. You know this. But do you really connect with it, embrace it, live it and welcome it into your practice? Welcome to Death Dhamma. A place where death will be your teacher. Together we will explore how the ultimate impermanence can strengthen our practice and improve the quality of our lives.
Margaret Meloni, PhD is a Theravada Buddhist practitioner, businessperson, and the author of Carpooling with Death: How living with Death will make you Stronger, Wiser and Fearless. One day, while navigating the demands of everyday life; she realized that more significant challenges were coming her way. She began to realize that the people she loved were going to die. Her mother-in-law, Lee, was in her 90s, her parents were approaching their 80s, and her husband, Ed, had already outlived his father. She had already said goodbye to others.
She began to wonder, “How can I handle losing the people I love the most?” The answer to her question came from her reliance on her Buddhist practice. Now that she has made friends with death, her goal is to help all of us to accept death as an essential part of life.
Death Dhamma is published monthly.
Beyond Attachment: Understanding Clinging Versus Caring
Margaret Meloni, PhD
18 November 2024
Margaret Meloni explores how the Buddhist teachings can help us to develop healthy relationships with our loved ones
Something Is Missing, Because Someone Is Missing
Margaret Meloni, PhD
21 October 2024
Margaret Meloni offers a meditation on the grief journey from loss and mourning to acceptance and equanimity
Of Rainbows and Sea Turtles: Letting Memories Guide and Heal Us
Margaret Meloni, PhD
26 September 2024
Margaret Meloni discusses how we maintain a mindful relationship with our past and our present, with love and loss, and with grief and equanimity
Embracing Suffering as Part of Your Journey
Margaret Meloni, PhD
22 August 2024
Margaret Meloni investigates the importance of courage and self-compassion as aspects of our practice in the face of suffering on the Noble Eightfold Path
How to Be a Bull
Margaret Meloni, PhD
29 July 2024
Margaret Meloni offers a Buddhist perspective on approaching life’s storms with courage, acceptance, and self-compassion
No Rest, but Refuge
Margaret Meloni, PhD
25 June 2024
Margaret Meloni explores the meaning of taking refuge in the Triple Gem in a world of uncertainty and impermanence
Be Your Own Ally in Times of Loss
Margaret Meloni, PhD
24 May 2024
Magaret Meloni offers a lesson in mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion in times of grief and impermanence
Dancing around Death: Meeting Denial with Courage and Compassion
Margaret Meloni, PhD
23 April 2024
Learning to approach impermanence with equanimity and acceptance
Unlocking Wisdom through Life Reviews
Margaret Meloni, PhD
27 March 2024
Margaret Meloni explores the idea of near-death experiences through a Buddhist lens, and examines the insights to be gained from living mindfully and compassionately
Four Steps to Help You Accept the Death of Old Ideas
Margaret Meloni, PhD
26 February 2024
Margaret Meloni ponders the concepts of renewal and rebirth on the path to new beginnings
The Living Death: Losing a Relationship with a Person Who Is Still Alive
Margaret Meloni, PhD
25 January 2024
Margaret Meloni offers a meditation on how our Buddhist practice can help foster acceptance in the face of impermanent relationships