First Monday of every month from 7:00 вечера. - 8:30 вечера. ВОСТОК
About the Sessions
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Confidentiality Statement: We value confidentiality and sharing. This group will not be recorded. Мы уважаем вашу конфиденциальность.
During these support group sessions, there will be a short opening talk, a 15-minute meditation practice session (no previous mediation experience is necessary), и открытый форум для обсуждения личного опыта старости, болезнь, смерть, grief, or bereavement. Sessions may include Tonglen for those who have died and, if time allows, a question and answer period.
Chaplain Alley’s dharma talk will include reading a verse or quote for individual or group contemplation. The list of books she will use is included below.
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Confidentiality Statement: We value confidentiality and sharing. This group will not be recorded. Мы уважаем вашу конфиденциальность.
Texts Used During Sessions
Требуемый текст: How to Live When a Loved One Dies by Thich That Hahn
*Please purchase the book from your preferred vendor
Примечание: You do not have to purchase the texts below.
Mind Beyond Death by Dzogchen Ponlop
Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality by Judith L. Лиф
How We Live is How We Die by Pema Chödrön
Living is Dying: How to Prepare for Death, Умирающий & Beyond by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative Care & End-of-Life Care edited by Koshin Paley Ellison and Matt Weingast, Forward by HH the Karmapa
Подготовка к смерти: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition by Andrew Holeck
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion & Fearlessness in the Presence of Death by Joan Halifax
The Tibetan Book of the Dead translated with commentary by Francesca Fremantle and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
The Tibetan Book of Living & Умирающий by Sogyal Rinpoche
Peaceful Mind – Compassionate Heart by Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan, edited & with a preface by Dana Sawyer
Об Учителе
Капеллан Элли Смит is an ordained Buddhist Minister of Religion(Chaplain) in the Shambhala Lineage. She also holds precepts in Zen Buddhism. Alley is an experienced health care, college/university, hospice and end of life care chaplain. Alley is a US military war veteran. During her career, Alley served with the military funeral honors Honor Guard. She specializes in spiritual care, mortuary affairs and as a funeral clergy. Alley has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism and Zen since 1999.