Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life was a palliative care support network of volunteers. Much of their activities are now carried out by the Pure Land Project. Please see their website for more information.
Click here to view The Pure Land Project website
Below is a list of pages the Wheel Of Life group put together as part of their offering of service. The information still has relevance today.
How to Help the Very Sick and Dying
A. Introduction
B. Ten Points of Care for a Loved One or Friend Who is Dying
C. Notes from the Dalai Lama’s Book Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life
D. Working With Disturbing Emotions
E. Twenty Non-Medical Ways to Help You Cope With Pain and Suffering
F. The Last 48 Hours: a Case Study of Symptom Control for a Patient Taking a Buddhist Approach to Dying
G. What to Do When Someone is Dying
H. What to Do When You Visit the Very Sick or Dying
I. Writing a Last Letter to Your Loved Ones
J. Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Caring for the Dying
K. Helping Others Who are Dying
L. Many Little Miracles With Malcolm
M. Silent Prayers for the Sick, the Dying or the Dead
N. Meditations on Loving Kindness and Compassion for the Very Sick and Dying
- Part 1 – Introduction
- Part 2 – Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche on Preparing for Death
- Part 3 – Impermanence
- Part 4 – The Disadvantages of Not Thinking About Death
- Part 5 – The Nine-Part Meditation on Death
- Part 6 – Life, Death and After Death
- Part 7 – Om Ah Hung Meditation on the Consciousness
- Part 8 – How to Make Your Life Meaningful
- Part 9 – Notes from the Book Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Part 10 – The Four Tasks of Living and Dying
Founder of the Wheel of Life
The founder of Wheel of Life is Venerable Losang Chodron, Ven Chodron, a Buddhist nun, trained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Ven Chodron died on 17 November 2013.
