Being with Dying

<b>A Buddhist teacher draws from her years of experience in caring for the dying to provide inspiring lessons on how to face death with courage and compassion</b><br>&#160;<br>The Buddhist approach to death can be of great benefit to people of all backgrounds&#151;as has been demonstrated by Joan Halifax&#146;s decades of work with the dying and their caregivers. A Zen priest and a world-renowned pioneer in care of the dying Halifax has helped countless people face death with courage and trained caregivers in compassioante end-of-life care.<br><br>In this book 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. Her teachings affirm that we can open and contact our inner strength&#151;and that we can help others who are suffering to do the same.&#160;<i>Being with Dying</i>&#160;is a source of wisdom for anyone who is facing their own death caring for someone who is dying or wishing to explore the transformative power of the dying process.