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Karuna Talk ResourcesTeachings on Taking Illness as the Path Thrangu Rinpoche: Audience for people with chronic illness or disabilities and their caregivers. Boulder, Colorado 14 July 2004 Gampopa's Instructions Songs of Realization Poem about Sickness by Jigme Lingpa Gyalwa Gotsangpa's Eight Cases of Basic Goodness Not to Be Shunned This is a pdf
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The Song of Gyalwa Gotsangpa on How to Practice with Illness RESOURCES ON MEDITATION, LIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS AND CAREGIVING Books: Meditation Practice in General Ruling Your World by Sakyong Mipham. Morgan Road Books 2005 Turning the Mind into an Ally by Sakyong Mipham. Riverhead, New York 2002 Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa. Shambhala, Boston 1988 The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation by Chogyam Trungpa. Shambhala, Boston 2002 When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron. Shambhala, Boston 2000 Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Delta 1990 Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine by Saki Santorelli. Bell Tower, New York 1999 Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton. Image Books, Doubleday, New York 1996 The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhah Hahn. Beacon Press, Boston 1987 Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg. Shambhala, Boston 2002 Books: Chronic Illness, Suffering The Chronic Illness Experience: Embracing the Imperfect Life by Cheri Register. Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services 1999 Turning Suffering Inside Out by Darlene Cohen. Shambhala, Boston 2002 Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart by Mark Epstein, MD. Broadway 1999 Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness by Joanne Lynn, Rosalynn Carter & Joan Harrold. Oxford University Press 2001 Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living With Depression and Manic Depression by Mary Ellen Copeland. New Harbinger Publications 2001 Books: Caregiving, Death and Dying Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man and life's greatest lesson by Mitch Albom. Broadway Books, NewYork 1997 Circles of Care: How to Set Up Quality Home Care for Our Elders by Ann Cason, Reeve Lindbergh. Shambhala, Boston 2001 How to Be a Help Instead of a Nuisance by Karen Kissel Wegela. Shambhala, Boston 1996 At Home with Dying: A Zen Hospice Approach by Merrill Collett. Shambhala, Berkeley and London 1999 Advice on Dying: And Living a Better Life by Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins. Atria Books 2002 Peaceful Dwelling: Meditations for Healing and Living by Madeline Ko-I Bastis M. Charles E Tuttle Company 2000 Healing into Life and Death by Stephen Levine. Anchor Books; Reissue edition (January 1989) Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying by Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine. Anchor; Reissue edition (January 1989) Making Friends With Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality by Judith L. Lief. Shambhala, Boston 2001 Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying by Christine Longaker. Doubleday; Reprint edition (June 1998) No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh. Riverhead Books 2003 Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive by Larry Rosenberg. Shambhala, Boston 2001 From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older by Zalman Shalomi-Schachter, Ronald S. Miller. Warner Books 1997 The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Harper, San Francisco 1992 At the Eleventh Hour: Caring for My Dying Mother by Sharon Carol Stone. Present Perfect Books 2001 Books: Healing, Meditation, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism The Healing Power of the Mind by Tulku Thondup. Shambhala, 1998 Boundless Healing by Tulku Thondup. Shambhala, 2001 Beside Still Waters: Jews Christians and the Way of the Buddha by Harold Kasimow, John P Keenan, Linda K. Keenan (eds). Wisdom, Boston, 2003 Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hahn. Riverhead, New York, 1995 Web Sites: Related Topics Dharma Haven Homepage: A Harbor from the Storms of Panic and Confusion http://dharma-haven.org/index.htm Some of Dharma Haven's web pages:
http://www.shenpen-osel.org/ Web Sites: For Caregivers Living/Dying Project, Educational Services. The Project was founded in 1977 by Stephen Levine and is the outgrowth of the Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Living/Dying Project offers spiritual support for persons facing life-threatening illness and for those who care for them, as well as educational services. http://www.livingdying.org/education.html Rigpa
Spiritual Care
Program. The compassion and wisdom of the Buddhist
teachings are applied to help those facing illness or death, their
families and
caregivers. For people of any faith, the Spiritual Care Program has
been
designed to augment the professional's training with a comprehensive
and
practical approach to end-of-life care. It provides education and
training to
doctors, nurses, social workers, therapists, volunteers, and clergy of
all
denominations. Upaya
Foundation, Service
and Programs. Founded by Joan Halifax.
Programs are based in Eastern and Western psychology, philosophy, and
contemplative
practices. Contemplative practices are found in many spiritual
traditions;
those of the Project on Being with Dying are inspired by the long and
rich
tradition of Buddhism. Zen
Hospice Project. Inspired
by a 2,500 year
old Buddhist tradition, Zen Hospice Project (ZHP) is a fusion of
spiritual
insight and practical social action. Begun in 1987, ZHP is now
nationally
recognized as an innovative model in movement to improve end-of life
care. ZHP
provides a spectrum of collaborative services including residential
hospice
care, volunteer programs and educational efforts that foster wisdom and
compassion in service. Websites: Mental Health Canadian
Mental Health Association: Over the past decade the
Canadian Mental Health Association has supported development of a
"framework of support" that attempt to describe the practical issues
involved in implementing a recovery model. You can find the
framework on the web at: Out
of the Shadows at Last: Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and
Addiction Services in Canada; Report of the Senate of Canada,
May 2006 Earth
House: Information on Mental Health Recovery – Models, Concepts and Websites: Models: www.power2u.org/pace_manual.pdf UK: Tidal Model of Recovery: www.tidal-model.co.uk; www.clan-unity.co.uk Mental Health Recovery Websites: Ohio: www.mhrecovery.com Spokane, Washington: www.recoveryspokane.org Vermont:
Ontario:
www.novascotia.cmha.ca/bins/site2.asp?cid=284-682 United States: Website dedicated to Mental health Recovery research: www.mentalhealthrecovery.org New Hampshire: Shery Mead: www.mentalhealthpeers.com Information on Recovery Competencies for Mental Health Workers/Service Providers: New Zealand:
Kansas: Kansas School of Social Welfare, strengths perspective: www.socwel.ku.edu Where is Recovery Happening Now? California, Santa Cruz and contra Costa Counties: www.namiscc.org/index.htm Arizona: www.metaservices.com Kansas: www.socwel.ku.edu/mentalhealth/index.htm Wisconsin and Ohio: www.mh.state.oh.us Vermont: Vermont Recovery Education Project:: www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/vtrecovery.html Massachusetts:
United Kingdom:
Canada: www.qsos.ca Recovery Bibliographies, Review of Literature on Research USA: Ruth Ralph – Review of Recovery Literature (2000) www.nasmhpd.org/ntac/reports/ralphrecovweb.pdf Canada: CMHA – Canadian Mental Health Association – Ontario (2000): www.ontario.cmha.ca – click on “mental health system” and then on bibliography of Recovery Resources What Helps and What Hinders Report (2002): www.nasmhpd.org/ntac/reports - Please see October for this report. |