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The Amoghasiddhi Buddha Hall of Courage
Rev. Jerry Harney, Site Steward
May all our actions be grounded in fearlessness.
"May the Whole Earth and all of its life forms grow in harmony and balance to achieve a bright and shining destiny. Particularly do we send forth loving thoughts to those in doubt and ignorance, to all who are striving to attain truth, and to those whose feet are standing close to the the great change we call death, we send forth oceans of Wisdom, Mercy and Love."
Click here for some key thoughts on fearlessness in the face of death.
Recommended books:
Bokar
Rimpoche. Death and the Art of Dying in Tibetan Buddhism.
San Francisco: ClearPoint Press, 1993.
Chodron, Pema. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Boston, Shambala,1997.
Levine,
Stephen. Who Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living
and Conscious Dying. New York: Doubleday, 1989. This book
to shows the reader how to open to the immensity of living with death, to participate
fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next. Levine provides
calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death.
Levine, Stephen. Healing into Life and Death. Anchor Books, 1987.
Sogyal
Rinpoche. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.
San Francisco: HarperCollins,1993.
Indra's Net: links to helpful sites:
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice is a not-for-profit agency serving Kansas since 1983. Rev. Harney is currently providing volunteer work with this Hospice.
The Zen Hospice Project: ZHP) provides a spectrum of collaborative services in end-of-life care, including residential hospice care, volunteer caregiver support, and public education events.
Caring Connections: An excellent resource for learning about advance directives and other options for end-of-life services and care.
Funeral Consumers Alliance: a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral.
Death: A Personal Understanding — A video instructional series on death and dying for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 10 half-hour video programs and coordinated books
An excellent interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn on the topic Can Buddhist practice liberate us from the prison of physical pain?
Final
Passages: A model project offering education for personal and legal rights
concerning home or family-directed funerals and final disposition (burial and
cremation). It is our intention to re-introduce the concept of funerals in the
home as a part of family life and as a way to de-institutionalize death. We are
dedicated to a dignified and compassionate alternative to current funeral practices.