Death is just like going to sleep.. And then we are going to wake up. The way, in which we wake up, has to do with how we have lived today.

In this podcast Professor Thurman offers a discourse on the topic of death and dying: what is happening, when we die, what follows it? Can we take rebirth where we like, and what is the difference between conscious and unconscious dying?

The episode was recorded on April 24, 2015 at the Open Center conference "The Art of Dying: Spiritual, Scientific and Practical Approaches to Living and Dying".

This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was brought to you in part through the support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York and Wisdom Publications.

“The Art of Dying : Buddhism 101 - Ep. 37″ of the Bob Thurman Podcast” is apart of the Buddhism 101 series using classic teachings from the archives of Robert AF Thurman to elucidate basic concepts of the tradition.