Ocean Vuong

And you would think that we want the big reasons to step out of this world. But his reason was very, very small and maybe even ambivalent. Where he said, I just had enough. I'm so sorry. I had enough. As if he was pushing back a second plate. It was this small gesture. And for me, coming from the working poor, I understood it, but I wonder if the larger culture who doesn't experience that know.

Because what he was saying is, I'm tired. And so similarly, I had this character also ambivalently choose. He doesn't plan it. He walks across the bridge and he says, gosh, I think I'm tired enough to give this a try. And he comes back because he forgets the assignment because somebody is in more distress.

Because what he was saying is, I'm tired. And so similarly, I had this character also ambivalently choose. He doesn't plan it. He walks across the bridge and he says, gosh, I think I'm tired enough to give this a try. And he comes back because he forgets the assignment because somebody is in more distress.

Because what he was saying is, I'm tired. And so similarly, I had this character also ambivalently choose. He doesn't plan it. He walks across the bridge and he says, gosh, I think I'm tired enough to give this a try. And he comes back because he forgets the assignment because somebody is in more distress.

And sometimes we come back to life not because we found a reason to live, but because we realize we're more useful to somebody else than we ever were to ourselves. And that's a good enough reason.

And sometimes we come back to life not because we found a reason to live, but because we realize we're more useful to somebody else than we ever were to ourselves. And that's a good enough reason.

And sometimes we come back to life not because we found a reason to live, but because we realize we're more useful to somebody else than we ever were to ourselves. And that's a good enough reason.

Particularly in the Tibetan tradition, I am a Buddhist practitioner of all traditions. I practice along the lines of Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen practice, but I embrace all. And death meditation is really important for the tantric tradition in Tibetan Buddhism.

Particularly in the Tibetan tradition, I am a Buddhist practitioner of all traditions. I practice along the lines of Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen practice, but I embrace all. And death meditation is really important for the tantric tradition in Tibetan Buddhism.

Particularly in the Tibetan tradition, I am a Buddhist practitioner of all traditions. I practice along the lines of Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen practice, but I embrace all. And death meditation is really important for the tantric tradition in Tibetan Buddhism.

And there's even something called a sky burial, wherein when someone dies, the corpse is brought to a mountain in Tibet, now Nepal, and they're wrapped, the body is wrapped in rags, and someone comes along to then butcher the body. And it's sprinkled on top, the pieces, with flour. And then the vultures come. And that's called a sky burial. It's the final offering of yourself back to the world.

And there's even something called a sky burial, wherein when someone dies, the corpse is brought to a mountain in Tibet, now Nepal, and they're wrapped, the body is wrapped in rags, and someone comes along to then butcher the body. And it's sprinkled on top, the pieces, with flour. And then the vultures come. And that's called a sky burial. It's the final offering of yourself back to the world.

And there's even something called a sky burial, wherein when someone dies, the corpse is brought to a mountain in Tibet, now Nepal, and they're wrapped, the body is wrapped in rags, and someone comes along to then butcher the body. And it's sprinkled on top, the pieces, with flour. And then the vultures come. And that's called a sky burial. It's the final offering of yourself back to the world.

It's the last gesture. of generosity, giving the body back to nature, and also forgetting this whole thing was always an illusion, right? This whole thing will decay. And so it's both for the living, but it's also the wish of the dead. And that sounds very morbid, maybe even horrific, but in the Buddhist tradition, thinking and meditating on death

It's the last gesture. of generosity, giving the body back to nature, and also forgetting this whole thing was always an illusion, right? This whole thing will decay. And so it's both for the living, but it's also the wish of the dead. And that sounds very morbid, maybe even horrific, but in the Buddhist tradition, thinking and meditating on death

It's the last gesture. of generosity, giving the body back to nature, and also forgetting this whole thing was always an illusion, right? This whole thing will decay. And so it's both for the living, but it's also the wish of the dead. And that sounds very morbid, maybe even horrific, but in the Buddhist tradition, thinking and meditating on death

brings the propulsion of life forward because there's nothing and what what I do usually I sit and I do my breathing and I start to just think about the death that I've experienced in my life with my loved ones and also my own death where I will go where this body will go and so the death meditation

brings the propulsion of life forward because there's nothing and what what I do usually I sit and I do my breathing and I start to just think about the death that I've experienced in my life with my loved ones and also my own death where I will go where this body will go and so the death meditation

brings the propulsion of life forward because there's nothing and what what I do usually I sit and I do my breathing and I start to just think about the death that I've experienced in my life with my loved ones and also my own death where I will go where this body will go and so the death meditation

When you're having a bad day, when you're getting a bad email from work, the arguments, the petty things we argue with our loved ones, you do the deaf meditation, you say, ah, that's the only truth. And then all those petty things become so small. I stood up from that deaf meditation and I just said, Gosh, why was I ever upset in the first place? How could I have lose track of myself?