First Monday of every month from 7:00 odpoledne. - 8:30 odpoledne. VÝCHODNÍ
About the Sessions
Dary jsou vítány!
Confidentiality Statement: We value confidentiality and sharing. This group will not be recorded. Respektujeme vaše soukromí.
During these support group sessions, there will be a short opening talk, a 15-minute meditation practice session (no previous mediation experience is necessary), a otevřené fórum pro diskusi o osobních zkušenostech se stářím, nemoc, smrt, grief, or bereavement. Sessions may include Tonglen for those who have died and a question and answer period.
Chaplain Alley’s dharma talk will include reading from Venerable Thich Nhat Han’s book, How to Live When a Loved One Dies.
Please join us. Všichni jsou vítáni!
Confidentiality Statement: We value confidentiality and sharing. This group will not be recorded. Respektujeme vaše soukromí.
Texts Used During Sessions
Required Text
How to Live When a Loved One Dies by Thich That Hahn
*Please purchase the book from your preferred vendor
Other Recommended Texts On This Topic
Poznámka: 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. Lief
How We Live is How We Die by Pema Chödrön
Living is Dying: How to Prepare for Death, Dying & 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
Preparing to Die: 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 & Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Peaceful Mind – Compassionate Heart by Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan, edited & with a preface by Dana Sawyer
O Učiteli
Alley Smithová, ordained Shambhala Buddhist Chaplain, je buddhistický ministr náboženství, “Upadhyaya,” and “Upasika” Kaplan na Brown University v Providence, Rhode Island. She was the Resident Chaplain at Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough, Maine for 5.5 years and currently serves as a Visiting Chaplain at MVH. Alley is a US military war veteran. Alley specializes in end of life care, mortuary affairs, decedent care, and as a funeral clergy. She has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism and Zen since 1999.
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