Practicing with aging, sickness and death and dying in the Dharma: A Dharma Study Session with Gareth Young and Elizabeth Gibson
Saturday, September 6, 2025, 9:00am to 12:30pm
In Person and on Zoom
Aging and illness can be immensely challenging. The Buddha doesn't offer any magic remedies, but he does offer several specific practical ones and those are what we are going to discuss on this day. Additionally, how can we practice with the knowledge of our death and dying process and that of those we love so that we suffer less during both?
This session is a follow up to the similar session we held together in 2024. In this one, Gareth and Elizabeth will draw on suttas from the Pali canon, the Sutra of Huineng, and other Buddhist materials to share and discuss the Buddha's teachings on aging, sickness, death and dying. We will intersperse our presentations with periods of meditation and discussion, with a short break in the middle. We hope you can join us!
Gareth Young is a co-founder and the guiding teacher of Red Clay Sangha. He has maintained a committed meditation practice for over 20 years in the Zen and Vipassana traditions, and integrates over 10 years of interfaith engagement into his teaching.
Gareth's teaching authorization is in the Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Chah, Jack Kornfield and Lisa Ernst.
Elizabeth A. Gibson has been a practicing Buddhist since 2007, primarily in the Insight tradition. She joined Red Clay in 2017 and was a co-founder of the Dharma Study program in 2018. Elizabeth is a poet by inclination and a technical writer by trade. She currently works for the Georgia Tech Research Institute and recently moved to her home state of Michigan after many years away.
Cost There is no cost to attend this event. Donations to Red Clay Sangha are gratefully received.
Location At Red Clay Sangha's physical space on Chamblee-Dunwoody and our usual Zoom account (link here).
Questions or More Information?
Please contact Gareth Young by email.
