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Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life
In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore bardo concepts like acceptance, interconnectedness, and impermanence in relation to children and parents, marriage and friendship, and work and creativity, illuminating the possibilities for discovering new ways of seeing and finding lasting happiness as we travel through life.
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“I love my life,” says writer Ann Patchett. “I’ve gotten to do so much more than I ever dreamed possible. I write, I make art. I’m not sitting around thinking, ‘I haven’t done what’s really important to me yet.’ ”
Born in 1963 in Los Angeles, Patchett has written nine novels, including Tom...
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