Ep. 507 – A Compassionate Space for Death with Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D.

Facing the truth of death, Roshi Joan Halifax and Raghu Markus delve into compassion, surrender, and self-less love.

This time on mindrolling, Roshi Joan Halifax and Raghu Markus ponder:

• Soul and the Depth of Character
• Roshi Joan’s relationship with Ram Dass
• Kindness and Love across all spiritual traditions
• Transforming from the we to the me
• Holding a loving space in the face of death
• Fundamental impermanence as an ultimate truth
• A.I., predictive responses, and a pseudo-reality
• Surrender, Joy, and starting practices early in life
• Awareness of one’s motivations and self-interests
• Ram Dass and opening up the path of love
• A Buddhist story on facing the truth of old age, sickness and death
• Acknowledging the past and honoring our ancestors

“All of us little human beings, we grip onto this small-self identity that gives us a sense of security, but all of that will be let go of as we meet death and certainly if we let go into authentic love.” – Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D.

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• Hawaii Community Foundation
• Canadian Red Cross

Links & Recommendations From this Episode:

Check out Roshi Joan Halifax’s new contemplative card deck

To further the discussion on death and mindfulness, pick up a copy of Roshi Joan Halifax’s book, Being with Dying

Learn more about joining The Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Upaya Zen Center

About Roshi Joan Halifax:

Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D. is a Buddhist teacher, Founder and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a social activist, author, and in her early years was an anthropologist at Columbia University (1964-68) and University of Miami School of Medicine (1970-72). She is a pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. She has lectured on the subject of death and dying at many academic institutions and medical centers around the world.

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