Join us for a book talk with Essayist and Author, Ann Tashi Slater, as she discusses her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World.

6:00 PM - Reception
7:00 PM - Book Talk

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A luminous guide to navigating transition and impermanence rooted in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of bardo.

In a world where nothing lasts forever, how do we live? Life is perpetually, endlessly filled with change: new jobs and new loves, unfamiliar places and faces. And entwined in that change is loss: loss of what was or is, or what could have been. In the midst of this shifting landscape, Traveling in Bardo invites us to embrace impermanence in a powerful way, rooted in ancient wisdom.

Interweaving explorations of bardo in relation to marriage and friendship, parents and children, work and creativity with stories of her Tibetan ancestors and Buddhist perspectives on the fleeting nature of existence, Ann Tashi Slater illuminates what the teachings have to tell us in our contemporary lives. She relays vital wisdom from Tibetan culture, giving us a bold, new framework to navigate moments of change and live life fully.

During over forty years of writing and speaking about her Tibetan-American heritage and the relevance of Buddhism in Western society, Slater has come to see how Tibetan bardo views on impermanence can transform the way we live. In Tibetan belief, bardo is the interval between death and rebirth, as well as the intermediate state between birth and death. It also refers to liminal periods in life when the reality we know comes to an end. A time of great possibility, it offers us the opportunity to find happiness in an impermanent world.

About the Author

Ann Tashi Slater has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Paris Review, Tin House, Guernica, AGNI, Granta, and many others. Her work has been featured in Lit Hub and included in The Best American Essays. In her Darjeeling Journal column for Catapult, she writes about her Tibetan family history and bardo, and she blogged for HuffPost about similar topics. She presents and teaches workshops at Princeton, Columbia, Oxford, Asia Society, and The American University of Paris, among others, and was a regular speaker at NYC’s Rubin Museum of Art during the museum’s 20-year run.

Parking & Directions

Parking Permit | Parking Map

For non-affiliated UTD visitors, please download the parking permit and print beforehand so that you can display it on your dashboard when parking. The permit is valid for any orange space on campus, and since it is the second-highest level (purple being the highest), you have the option to park on any gold or green spaces if orange spaces happen to be full.

Parking Structure 3 (PS3) will be the closest parking area to the Eric Jonsson Academic Center (JO), and orange spaces start on the second floor of PS3.

Parking Structure 3/Blackstone Launchpad
2830 Rutford Ave
Richardson, TX 75080

The JO building is about a 5 – 10 minute walk from PS3. When you walk out of PS3, head down the walkway (going away from the street) towards the heart of campus. As you approach the Science Building (SCI) on your right (modern building with thin rectangular windows and an outdoor area), the JO building (older building) will be to your left.

Upon entering the JO building:

• Head straight down the hallway towards the 2 elevators
• Take the elevator to the 4th floor
• Make a right out of the elevator (where the study area is) and walk towards the hallway
• The Endeavour Room (JO 4.122) will be on the left with two separate doors