I wrote for Oprah Daily about how Japanese wisdom helped me say goodbye to my beloved dog, Mac. “Spring brought the sakura cherry blossoms, quintessential symbols of impermanence, their impending absence integral to their loveliness. In this season of beauty and sadness, Mac showed me another dimension of wabi-sabi: how to accept fading and mortality.”

Ann Tashi Slater shares five key insights from her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World, for the Next Big Idea Club. Slater’s book has been selected as a “Must-Read” by the Club, which is co-curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, and Adam Grant.

Ann Tashi Slater is a “Featured Author” in Princeton Alumni Weekly. Read an excerpt from her new book, TRAVELING IN BARDO: “Life brings change, whether it’s a new stage, such as becoming a parent or moving to another city, or the loss of someone we love, growing old, or our own death. This book is about how we can find deeper meaning and fresh direction in a world where transitions are not only inevitable but can come at any moment…”

An excerpt from my discussion with Tricycle editor-in-chief James Shaheen on the "Tricycle Talks" podcast. We talked about the legends surrounding the bardo teachings, how attention shapes our reality, and what The Tibetan Book of the Dead can teach us about living fully. Read here.

I contributed two pieces to The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays: "Traveling in Bardo" (an illness I experienced as a bardo) and "Calcutta Evening" (a journey to reconnect with my Tibetan roots.) I’m honored to be in the company of so many wonderful writers.

“I have been waiting over the years for a collection of groundbreaking and current Tibetan essays, and this book delivers and then some. Vital and mind-blowing at the same time.” — Gary Shteyngart