The co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project and pioneer behind the compassionate care movement shares an inspiring exploration of the lessons dying has to offer about living a fulfilling life.
Frank Ostaseski, founder of the Zen Hospice Project and the Metta Institute, is a Buddhist teacher, international lecturer and a leading voice in contemplative end-of-life care. He's been honoured by the Dalai Lama and AARP named him one of the 50 Most Innovative People. He consults for healthcare and spiritual institutions such as the Mayo Clinic and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and his work has been featured on programmes such as the PBS series With Eyes Open and The Oprah Winfrey Show, among others. The Zen Hospice Project has 13.5K likes on Facebook and 5.5K followers on twitter
I have worked in the field of death and dying close to Frank and
this book represents the distillation of many years of his efforts.
He shows us that if you are to die consciously, there's no time
like the present to prepare. This book is a loving, compassionate
reminder that the best preparation for death is a life fully
lived
*Ram Dass, author of the bestseller Be Here Now*
Frank is a pioneer in mindful care at the end of life. He embodies
the wisdom and compassion he shares in these magical and compelling
pages. You feel it instantly, because it is real, and it is really
about you and your life
*Jon Kabat-Zinn founder of MBSR Author, Full Catastrophe Living and
Coming to Our Senses*
Frank Ostaseski has brought together wisdom and compassion in his
life and his long years of work with the dying. We will all be
enriched, inspired, and edified by his extraordinary book on how
facing death can enrich our life
*Joan Halifax Roshi, Ph.D., Founder & Abbot, Upaya Zen Center*
Exquisitely profound and gut-wrenchingly real, I'm not sure a wiser
book has been written in the digital age. Frank's storytelling
helped me to see that to step fully into life we need to embrace
death as an adventure rather than an adversary
*Chip Conley Author, The New York Times bestseller, Emotional
Equations Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy, AirBnB*
The Five Invitations is a remarkable book, one that is deeply
needed by all of us. Five invitations to live our lives fully, in
the present, all the way through. Frank Ostaseski, whose journey
spans over three decades of creating and participating in the
hospice movement, imparts timeless wisdom that should inform our
every day: How to embrace uncertainty and live with joy, peace and
acceptance. This is not a book about death, it's a book about life
and living. Buy it, Share it, Live it - I know I will
*Henry S. Lodge M.D. Robert Burch Family Professor of Medicine
co-author Younger Next Year series*
Frank inspires us to live with joy by fully embracing all facets of
life including our dying. With heartfelt compassion and wisdom
gathered over 30 years as a Buddhist teacher and hospice founder he
helps us understand that love matters most
*Chad-Meng Tan, Google's "Jolly Good Fellow” and author of Joy on
Demand and Search Inside Yourself*
Frank Ostaseski speaks with clear wisdom and deep compassion.
Sharing stories and insights from his decades of working with
people at the very end of their lives, his ultimate revelation has
to do with how meaningful, in both our living and our dying, is the
capacity to be open to and present in grace. His words offer much
worthy of contemplation and his service to all of us is worthy of
deep respect
*Kathleen Dowling Singh Author, Grace in Dying: How We Are
Transformed Spiritually As We Die and The Grace in Aging: Awaken As
You Grow Old*
As a physician and neurosurgeon, I have learned that those who have
truly lived are those that understand death as an integral part of
life. In Frank Ostaseski's profound book, The Five Invitations, he
shares this reality, giving us insights and wisdom on the nature of
dying but more importantly on how to truly live
*James R. Doty, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, Founder and
Director of the Stanford University Center for Compassion and
Altruism, and New York Times bestselling author of Into
the Magic Shop*
This is a gem of a book! With a lifetime of inspiring service and
deep spiritual wisdom to draw from, Frank Ostaseski has given us
all a gift straight from the heart. The lessons shared in The Five
Invitations are valuable to people at any phase of life. Whether
facing your own imminent death or that of a loved one, coping with
crisis, or simply looking to embrace and enjoy life more fully, you
will find the wisdom offered in these pages inspiring and
enlightening
*James Baraz, Author of Awakening Joy: Ten Steps to Happiness,
Co-founding teacher, Spirit Rock Meditation Center*
How to die and how to be with the dying are questions everyone
faces. Here are sharp, insightful answers from one of the great
end-of-life counselors
*Stewart Brand, Creator, Whole Earth Catalog*
I keep this book by my bedside. It’s the best, most true,
penetrating advice I know. How to live, how to die. Written with
clear, engaging prose?it’s unbeatable. Do not waste your life?get
it!
*Natalie Goldberg, author of 'Let the Whole Thundering World
Come Home' and 'Writing Down the Bones'*
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