Andrew Holecek, DDS, has been studying and practicing the meditative traditions since 1975. An adjunct faculty member in the Religious Studies Department at Naropa University, he has completed the traditional three-year retreat and has founded The Forum for Living and Dying, a venue for the exploration of death, dying and rebirth. As cofounder of a charity that provides health care to children in India and Nepal, he spends several months a year in Asia. These travels, which began in 1995, have allowed him to study the bardos directly with some of the greatest masters in Tibetan Buddhism. Andrew writes a column on death and dying for Bodhi Magazine.