Elephant Graveyard
Episodes
S02 Episode 3 - Living Fully for Chronic Pain
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Abuda discusses his experience with chronic pain, which began at 17 after a car accident that fractured his facial bones.He details t...
S02 Episode 02- The Retreat
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
s2e2 the retreat Ever wondered what happens at a mindfulness retreat? So did Abuda.In the special episode, Abuda, the host of "The Elephant's ...
S02 Episode 01 - Where I am Death is Not
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the second season of his podcast, "The Elephant's Graveyard," host Abuda reflects on his life and the podcast's initial focus on de...
S01 Episode 6 - Deathlines
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Today, I received notice that a friend of mine from high school died, died of a stroke. It was somebody who I had known early in life, but until ...
S01 Episode 5 - Surprise you are a monk!
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abouda has spent a lifetime split between a core desire for the peace that a monk's life represents and the fullness of a family life.After spendi...
S01 Episode 4: Cold steel in my mouth, one bullet in the chamber
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To go back to the beginning, February 15 1994 (sic) around midnight. I am in my office in downtown Hong Kong, with the cold barrel of a pistol in my m...
S01 Episode 3: On being a criminal
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am a criminal. Moreover, I'm an international criminal.To survive, to be able to live on a small amount I have with the conditions I have:- I st...
S01 Episode 2: On ageing in cities
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most people believe that as you get older, the best place for you is a city, and that's just wrong.Yesterday I went out into nature for the first ...
S01 Episode 1: On dying
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I faked my death. I didn't know that my children would be able to watch me die without trauma. I didn't know that they would not try to change...