Personal Reflections Buddhist Chaplaincy
Personal Reflections
Having worked as a registered nurse for decades, Cheryl Barnes-Neff says chaplaincy taught her that there’s more to patient care than having all the right answers.
Personal Reflections Illness & Care
Inviting Everything into the Room
A palliative care physician reflects on how his Buddhist practice has transformed his ability to accompany patients through illness and death.
Saying Yes to Life
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
Personal Reflections Embodiment
Some Things Are Felt Through The Body
I have always been what can be described as ‘sensitive’. This is shorthand for, literally, some days I can’t get out of bed because the Amazon is burning, or I have to recover each time I…
‘Know Hatred Completely’
A Soto Zen priest reckons with the koan of racism and comes to view Buddhism as a practice of engaged liberation.
A Few Days of Silence
Cultivating peace, wisdom, and kindness during a meditation retreat for young adults
Where Fear and Love Meet
How healing rituals can help us navigate the unpredictability of grief
Personal Reflections Buddhist Chaplaincy
Chaplain Alex Beth Schapiro Believes in the Healing Power of Community
The palliative care chaplain is currently working on bringing spiritual support into outpatient care teams to improve the experiences of patients and clinicians alike.
Writing Love Letters to Monsters
What does it mean to love the people—and the parts of ourselves—that we do not believe are worthy of love?
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