Aug 20, 2021
12 min read
All the Gifts We Have Yet to Receive
A Buddhist reflection on Stephen Jenkinson’s philosophy of death
In the summer of 2009, I was in Bamako, Mali, learning Bambara as a Peace Corps volunteer. It was my fourth day of class. I hadn’t slept well the night before and was struggling to pay attention. Just as I was about to nod off, a man called my name. I looked up to the classroom door where he…
