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Published USA, 2008
Inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, Joan Halifax's 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's teachings affirm that we can open and contact our inner strength, and that we can help others who are suffering to do the same. After each chapter in the book the author offers suggestions for meditations.

CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
Language and Silence
Moving Past Fear into Tenderness
Dwelling in the Boundless Abodes
Realizing Impermanence, Selflessness and Freedom
Facing Truth and Finding Meaning
From Fear to Liberation
Deaths of Acceptance and Liberation

Joan Halifax is a Zen priest and anthropologist in the USA.
Paperback. 204 pages