Jonathan S. Watts
Publisher
Wisdom Publications in collaboration with the Jodo Shu Research Institute (JSRI)
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Since Its Beginning, Buddhism has been intimately concerned with confronting and understanding death and dying. Indeed, the tradition emphasizes turning toward the realities of sickness, old age, and death-and using those very experiences to develop wisdom and liberating compassion. In recent decades, Buddhist chaplains and caregivers all over the world have been drawing on this tradition to contribute greatly to the development of modern palliative...