This is a dharma talk I gave at the Village Zendo December 12, 2024, about my mother’s brain surgery and end-of-life decisions. Here’s the video and a transcript. --- Two months ago, my mom had emergency brain surgery. She had an artery in her brain that was basically completely blocked. This is the artery that feeds Broca’s area and the temporal lobes. These are the language centers, and language is my mother’s whole life. She’s a scholar of philosophy and law and religion. Reading...
