Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death | 
 enlarge | Author: Joan Halifax
Creator: Ira Byock
Publisher: Shambhala
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 12378
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 224
Number Of Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 1570624690
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.029
EAN: 9781570624698
ASIN: 1570624690
Publication Date: July 29, 2008
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Product Description
In this long-awaited book of inspiring and practical teachings, Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax offeres the fruits of her many years of work with dying people. Inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, her work is a source of wisdom for all those who are charged with a dying person's care, facing their own death, or wishing to explore and contemplate the transformative power of the dying process.
Halifax offers lessons from dying people and caregivers, as well as guided meditations to help readers contemplate death without fear, develop a commitment to helping others, and transform suffering and resistance into courage. She says, "Why wait until we are actualy dying to explore what it may mean to die with awareness?"
A world-renowned pioneer in care of the dying, Joan Halifax founded the Project on Being with Dying, which helps dying people to face death with courage and trains professional and family caregivers in compassionate and ethical end-of-life care.
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A recommendation for those who want to further appreciate life October 7, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Death is as much a part of life as living, but most people do not fear life. "Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death" is Joan Halifax's explanation why one should not fear death. A Buddhist teacher who has worked with the dying for much of her life, she uses the teachings of her religion to help inspire those of any faith to be better be prepared for what is inevitable, and live for the time they have now. "Being With Dying" is informed and inspiring, making it a recommendation for those who want to further appreciate life.
Straight from and to the heart August 20, 2008
D. Edge (Miami, Florida USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Healthy, clear, concise guidance, including reflective meditation to care for those who are dying.
At the same time in developing compassion and fearlessness to face the dying, it concurrently provides a guide for healthy living.
Who knows what is most important in life? Those who deny it and live on in ignorant bliss, or those for whom it is already knocking on their door.
Another Halifax Gift August 15, 2008
Honey Ward (Santa Fe)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Joan Halifax brings deep wisdom and caring to every moment, and this book is one more example of the gifts she shares so freely. We all deal with death and dying, now or later, ours or others, and this wise book will help us traverse the terrain more gracefully.
Honey Ward
www.ExperienceYourPower.com
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