The Many Flavors of Grief
Buddhist hospice founder Frank Ostaseski talks with media scholar Bernhard Poerksen about the invisibility of death and the virtualization of dying in the pandemic.
Frank Ostaseski
Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher, international lecturer, and a leading voice in end-of-life care. He is a co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project and founder of the Metta Institute. His latest book is The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully.
Washing My Boy’s Body
When a hospice counselor is called to the bedside of a child who has just died, he leads the parents through a Buddhist ritual for cleaning the body. In the process, he guides them through the…
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
On What to Do When the Going Gets Rough
Caregiving from a Buddhist perspective is a recognition that this person’s suffering is also my suffering. When I see this, whether I’m the person in the bed or the person making the bed, I have to…
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
On Lending Our Bodies
When we are caring for someone who is sick, we lend them our body. We use the strength of our arms to move them from the bed to the commode, and we can also lend them…
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