In your role as dharma leader or teacher, people from the sangha or elsewhere may look to you for support during difficult times, including when facing death. In such times, you may find these materials helpful.

Materials provided by Mushim Ikeda and Tova Green, from a class they co-teach at EBMC, “Meeting Death with Loving Kindness.”

• Common Grief Reactions (PDF)
• Dying Person’s Bill of Rights (PDF)
• Facing Death Resources (08/07/2016) (PDF)
• Five Precepts for Caregivers (PDF)
• The Five Remembrances (PDF)
• Grief Myths and Expectations (PDF)

Other materials

• The Five Recollections (Pali and English chant sheet — PDF)
• The Five Recollections (AUDIO)