Category Archives: Lending Insight

The 2022 feature documentary, “Tukdam: Between Worlds,” delves into the strange and unexplainable post-mortem state of “tukdam,” in which a person dies while meditating yet continues to seem very much alive. Tibetan Buddhist monks who die in this state often … Continue reading →

  The name Suleika Jaouad may ring a bell. At the young age of 23, Jaouad was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and given a 35% chance of survival. She faced years of intense chemotherapy and a grueling … Continue reading →

“Over the Moon,” distributed by Netflix, is a colorful computer-animated children’s musical. The protagonist, Fei Fei, begins the film as the only child of a couple who operate a mooncake business. The start of the film can be likened to … Continue reading →

If you try to make logical sense of the 2010 film “Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” you won’t like it. But if you can turn off your ‘left brain’ and watch this film from your creative, flowing, … Continue reading →

“I’ll Be the Water” tells the story of a grandfather’s aging and dying through the eyes of a young boy named Joshua. The two of them engage in numerous adventures together — eating peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches, toasting with ice cream … Continue reading →

In “How we Live is How We Die,” renowned Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön explores the “bardo,” or the Tibetan term for transition period, between life and death. Life is a series of beginnings and endings; in the constant flow of … Continue reading →