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 Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality by Judith L. Lief
Please join us. Všichni jsou vítáni!
Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/makingfriendswithdeath
Confidentiality Statement: We value confidentiality and sharing. This group will not be recorded. Respektujeme vaše soukromí.
Texts Used During Sessions
Recommended Reading Material (not required):
Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality by Judith L. Lief
Navigating Grief and Loss: 25 Practices to Keeping Your Heart Open to Yourself and Others by Kimberly Brown
How to Live When a Loved One Dies by Thich That Hanh
Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition by Andrew Holecek
Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth: A Tibetan Buddhist Guidebook by Tulku Thondup
The Heart of Tibetan Buddhism: Advice for Life, Smrt & Enlightenment by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo
O Učiteli
Kaplan Alley Smith is an ordained Buddhist Minister of Religion (Upadhyaya) in the Shambhala Lineage. She also holds 10 precepts in Korean Zen Buddhism. Alley is a US military war veteran. During her career, Alley served with the military funeral honors Honor Guard. She specializes in teaching Buddhism, spiritual care, mortuary affairs and as a funeral clergy. Alley has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism and Zen since 1999.[email protected]