Reddit reviews The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully

I highly recommend this Book

I think This Video kind of summarizes the best way (imo) to think think about death and how it impacts our lives.

You can find the full Interview here

a Buddhist teacher who works in hospice has something to say on the subject.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250074657

The two negative reviews (both 3-star) seemed to share good information. I didn't read the 5-star reviews.


>Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher and leader in contemplative end-of-life care. In 1987, he co-founded of the Zen Hospice Project and later created the Metta Institute to train professionals in compassionate, mindfulness-based care. He has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, Wisdom.2.0 and teaches at major spiritual centers around the globe. His work has been featured on the Bill Moyers PBS series On Our Own Terms, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and in numerous print publications. In 2001, he was honored by the Dalai Lama for his compassionate service to the dying and their families. He is the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. More info: http://www.fiveinvitations.com

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[#997|+1730|119] Over the past 30 years I’ve witnessed over 1,000 deaths. I’ve realized life’s precarious nature, and appreciate its preciousness. AMA! [/r/IAmA]




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>Hi reddit, my name is [Frank Ostaseski](https://fiveinvitations.com/about-

frank-ostaseski/). I’ve spent the past 30 years sitting bedside with a few

thousand people as they took their final breaths. In 1987, I cofounded the Zen

Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. In 2005, I founded the

Metta Institute to train healthcare clinicians and family caregivers in mindful

and compassionate approaches to end of life care. > >Some people that I

companioned came to their deaths full of disappointment and turned toward the

wall in hopelessness. Others blossomed and stepped through that door full of

wonder. All of them were my teachers. These people invited me into their most

vulnerable moments and made it possible for me to get up close and personal

with death. In the process, they taught me how to live. I wrote about those

lessons and more in my book [The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can

Teach Us About Living Fully](https://www.amazon.com/Five-Invitations-

Discovering-Death-Living/dp/1250074657). You can read more about it here if

you’d like www.fiveinvitations.com > >If you want the tl;dr of the book, the

main points are: > >1. Don’t Wait >2. Welcome Everything, Push Nothing Away >3.

Bring Your Whole Self To An Experience >4. Find A Place To Rest in the middle

of Things >5. Cultivate a ‘Don’t Know’ Mind > >Happy to explore those in more

detail or anything else you’d like to talk about. AMA! > >My Proof:

http://imgur.com/a/kcxN9 > >UPDATE: Thanks everyone for the great questions.

This has been a ton of fun, but I've got to sign off for now. Thanks again!




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>Hi reddit, my name is Frank Ostaseski. I’ve spent the past 30 years sitting bedside with a few thousand people as they took their final breaths. In 1987, I cofounded the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. In 2005, I founded the Metta Institute to train healthcare clinicians and family caregivers in mindful and compassionate approaches to end of life care.
>
>Some people that I companioned came to their deaths full of disappointment and turned toward the wall in hopelessness. Others blossomed and stepped through that door full of wonder. All of them were my teachers. These people invited me into their most vulnerable moments and made it possible for me to get up close and personal with death. In the process, they taught me how to live. I wrote about those lessons and more in my book The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. You can read more about it here if you’d like www.fiveinvitations.com
>
>If you want the tl;dr of the book, the main points are:
>
>1. Don’t Wait
>2. Welcome Everything, Push Nothing Away
>3. Bring Your Whole Self To An Experience
>4. Find A Place To Rest in the middle of Things
>5. Cultivate a ‘Don’t Know’ Mind
>
>Happy to explore those in more detail or anything else you’d like to talk about. AMA!
>
>My Proof: http://imgur.com/a/kcxN9
>
>UPDATE: Thanks everyone for the great questions. This has been a ton of fun, but I've got to sign off for now. Thanks again!