Ep 40: The Death Bardo w Caroline Yongue

Unbroken Chain Podcast

Caroline Yongue is a lay Buddhist minister in the Soto Zen tradition and director of both the Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, a “green” burial ground in Asheville, NC, and the Center for End of Life Transitions. Much of her work involves helping people prepare for the dying process, assisting with home funerals, and holding space for grief. She has transparent conversation about dying in a death-denying culture that has effectively privatized death. In this deeply heart-opening conversation, Caroline talks about the grace of death as a spiritual community event, buddhist understandings of our transition to and from life, and the practices that help her stay present to what is, even in the presence of death. You can learn more about Caroline's conservation burial ground at carolinamemorialsanctuary.org and deep dive her offerings on home funerals and death midwifery at ceolt.org. More podcasts where podcasts are found, at maurajames.com and on instagram @maurajames. [“Eventual Surrender” - William Tyler]