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Why I Didn’t Attempt Suicide

by Brad Warner| June 15, 2018

Zen teacher Brad Warner on the time he considered suicide—and the different kind of death he chose.

Off the Bridge and Onto the Cushion

by Brandon Dean Lamson| May 13, 2014

Illustration by Kim Scafuro

Brandon Dean Lamson recalls how he turned away from his decision to commit suicide, and went to go sit zazen instead.

A Complicated Burden

by Sandy Boucher| March 20, 2012

There was nothing Sandy Boucher could have done to prevent the tragedy. This is a meditation on living with what cannot be undone.