A Raging River: Grief and the Human Condition

About this episode

Frank Ostaseski discusses the nature of grief and its significance in the human experience during a Dharma talk.

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk during Upaya’s Being with Dying intensive, Frank Ostaseski speaks to participants from the loss of three close friends within a matter of weeks. Rather than offering technique or teaching, he invites open inquiry into grief itself: what it feels like in the body, how it moves, and why we so often push it away. “I think to grieve is to be human,” he says. Source

People in this episode

Host: Joan Halifax

Guest: Frank Ostaseski

Topics covered

• grief
• human condition
• loss
• Buddhism
• Dharma talk

Keywords

• grief
• loss
• human condition
• Buddhism
• Dharma
• intensive
• open inquiry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Upaya Zen Center, Upaya

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