Venue: W79-MPR (MIT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
229 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA

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Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, is a Buddhist priest, social activist, Abbot of Upaya Zen Center, and a pioneer in work with the dying. Her talk and powerpoint will be focussed on compassionate care of the dying, including psychospiritual aspects of care of the dying, relationship- centered care, and care of the caregiver. This important subject touches all of our lives and the work that Roshi has done over more than thirtyfive years has contributed profoundly to a gentle revolution in care of the dying in our country. She has trained thousands of caregivers in integral end-of-life care and has been of great support to many dying people in this country and elsewhere in the world. She and her collaborators have written the definitive manual on compassionate care of the dying, and annually they offer a comprehensive professional training program for palliative care clinicians. Her many books include: The Human Encounter with Death with Stanislav Grof), The Fruitful Darkness, Simplicity in the Complex: A Buddhist Life in America; Integral End-of-Life Care (with Barbara Dossey, Cynda Rushton). Roshi is founder of the Ojai Foundation, the Upaya Zen Center, the Upaya Prison Project, the Project on Being with Dying, the Nomads Clinic in Tibet, is cofounder of the Zen Peacemaker Order and Mind and Life. Her work over the past forty years has covered a vast range of service to dying people, people in prison, and Tibetans. The Upaya Zen Center, one of the
renowned Buddhist centers in the country, has done extraordinary work in bringing together social action and contemplation.

Note on Parking: Free parking is available in MIT West Lot after 5PM during the Sand Mandala week. Free street parking is available on Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street.