9/14/2026
The Veil · buddhism
Going on 94, and Still Waking Up
Filed by Elara Myst
At 94, Buddhist teacher Larry Rosenberg says meditative practice hasn't just enriched a long life—it has fundamentally transformed how he meets impermanence and death. Rather than clinging or despair, he describes a startling, almost counterintuitive clarity: "Even facing the end, I really don't feel helpless." For a species wired to avoid annihilation at all costs, that is a strange and beautiful anomaly—one that hints our sense of self might be less solid than it seems, and that the mind can be trained to stay awake, curious, and at ease even as the body approaches its final threshold.
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Magazine AI commentary
Larry Rosenberg, a Dharma teacher now "going on 94," recently reflected on a lifetime of Buddhist practice in Lion's Roar. His confession—"Even facing the end, I really don't feel helpless"—sounds almost like a koan, because from the outside, aging and death are the ultimate loss of
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