A BUDDHIST’S PERSPECTIVE ON GRIEVING

Joan Halifax, Head Teacher, Upaya Zen Center The ultimate relationship we can have is with someone who is dying. Here we are often brought to grief, whether we know it or not. Grief can seem like an unbearable experience. But for those of us who have entered the broken world of loss and sorrow, we realize that … Read more

Impact of a contemplative end-of-life training program: Being With Dying

Health care professionals report a lack of skills in the psychosocial and spiritual aspects of caring for dying people and high levels of moral distress, grief, and burnout. To address these concerns, the “Being with Dying: Professional Training Program in Contemplative End-of-Life Care” (BWD) was created. The premise of BWD, which is based on the … Read more

RADICAL OPTIMISM

DEATH AND OPTIMISM My friend, Susanna Valadez, as a young anthropologist staying with Huichol Indians in Mexico, encountered a large Huichol family as they passed through the village in which she was living. The baby seemed to be quite ill and neglected. When she asked what was happening with the baby, the mother told her … Read more