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What is Wheel of Life?
Help for the Dying and Their Carers
Birth and death, sickness and health, are part of the reality of human existence. In particular, our attitude towards dying and death makes a great deal of difference to the way in which we experience them. Wheel of Life - Hospice Service offers training so that each of us can prepare for our own death.
Helping others wherever one can, according to their needs, is the true expression of compassion. Wheel of Life – Hospice Service aims to offer this gift of affection and love, companionship and emotional and spiritual support to those individuals and their families who are facing life-threatening illness, to the dying, to those who have died and to those who are left grieving.
The Coordinator of the Wheel of Life-Hospice Service is Venerable Losang Chodron.
Wheel of Life is a community service of the Hayagriva Buddhist Centre.
64 Banksia Terrace, Kensington,
WA 6151.
Phone: (08) 9367 4817
Wheel of Life Hospice Service
2010 Training Program
Summer Mini Series
Saturdays 1:30 – 4:30 pm, 20 Feb, 6 Mar, 20 Mar
Anytime...Anywhere...Anyhow
Buddhist methods for coping with separation, loss and grief
Day 1: 1:30-4:30pm Sat 20 Feb
Buddhist methods for coping with separation, loss and grief
(Afternoon Tea & handouts provided)
I am not alone
There are others who may be worse off
I will survive – grief can be finished
Why do bad things happen to good people
Death is certain, but its time is most uncertain
Suffering is like a disease we have all contracted
During the afternoon, we will have a mixture of short presentations, break-out discussion groups, and guided meditations.
Day 2: 1:30-4:30pm Sat 6 Mar
Buddhist methods for coping with separation, loss and grief
White light visualizations
The practice of taking and giving or Tonglen
Don’t let grief become self-cherishing
Day 3: 1:30-4:30pm Sat 20 Mar
Buddhist methods for coping with separation, loss and grief
Supporting a bereaved person: Offer your continued support and friendship, validate the person’s mourning, intense feelings are normal in bereavement, accept the person unconditionally, reassure that grief can be finished, speak about memories of the deceased person, complete any unfinished business, consider practical support, identify friends, professionals or others, take the time to allow this deep wound to heal, identify activities she had formerly enjoyed, share comforting hugs and affection, let the survivor know all the ways she has contributed to your life.
Register with: Wheel of Life Hospice Service, either directly to Joanne at jthorpe1@iinet.net.au 0417 955 688 or to Hayagriva Buddhist Centre, 64 Banksia Terrace, Kensington, 6151. Tel: 9367 4817 (10am – 2pm) Email: welcome@hayagriva.org.au
Suggested Donation: $90 or $30 per day (Any profits go to fund to establish a Buddhist Hospice in Perth)
Written By: ChristineT
Date Posted: 10/4/2006
Number of Views: 1004
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