Talk
Learning From Death and Dying: Lessons for All of Us From Zen Hospice with Frank Ostaseski
Lessons on living well drawn from years of accompanying people who are dying.
About the teacher
Frank Ostaseski
Frank Ostaseski co-founded the Zen Hospice Project, bringing Buddhist-informed contemplative care to the bedsides of the dying, and distilled decades of that work into his book The Five Invitations. His teaching focuses on grief, dying and compassionate care as direct contemplative practice rather than abstract theory.
After recovering from multiple strokes in 2019, he resumed public programmes in the United States and Europe, often in collaboration with other teachers, including an online teaching in Upaya's 2026 series on 20 September.
“There is endless suffering in our world, and there is endless compassion to meet it.”Frank Ostaseski
Upcoming events
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Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
Talks & videos
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Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
Talk
Inviting the Wisdom of Death into Life | Frank Ostaseski | Talks at Google
A Talks at Google session on what proximity to death can teach about how to live.
Path
The wider context.
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Zazen & everyday awareness
Zen
Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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