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  • Seido
    Member
    • May 2015
    • 167
    #1

    Chaplain Story

    I wanted to share this story I read about a Buddhist chaplain.
    Death Is Not an Emergency
    http://tricycle.org/magazine/death-is-not-an-emergency/
    A Buddhist chaplain at the bedside of a Catholic patient


    When my dad was in a similar situation, the hospice chaplain came to him. While my dad was too far gone to know, the service to the family was very meaningful.

    Being so close to death brings clarity to what is important in this life.

    Some day I would like to help others in this way. Maybe someday I can get back to school for chaplain training. Such an amazing service to others.

    Gassho,
    Seido
    SatToday
    Last edited by Jundo; 09-16-2016, 08:37 AM.
    The strength and beneficence of the soft and yielding.
    Water achieves clarity through stillness.
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    • Myosha
      Member
      • Mar 2013
      • 2974
      #2
      Hello,

      Full of awe. Thank you for the link.


      Gassho
      Myosha
      sat today
      "Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"

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        • derek12261984
          Member
          • May 2016
          • 39
          #3
          Beautiful story, I got a little choked up in parts. Thank you for sharing.

          Gassho
          Derek
          Sat2day
          "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

          Gassho

          Derek

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            • Kokuu
              Treeleaf Priest
              • Nov 2012
              • 6844
              #4
              What a wonderful example of engaged practice. A beautiful account of chaplaincy.

              Thank you for sharing, Seido.

              Gassho
              Kokuu
              #sattoday

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                • Washin
                  Treeleaf Unsui
                  • Dec 2014
                  • 3796
                  #5
                  Thank you for sharing, Seido. A very beautiful and moving story.

                  Gassho
                  Washin
                  sat today
                  Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
                  Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
                  ----
                  I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
                  and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

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                    • Mp
                      #6
                      Wonderful, thank you for the share Seido. =)

                      Gassho
                      Shingen

                      s@today

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                        • Jundo
                          Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                          • Apr 2006
                          • 40345
                          #7
                          Wonderful.

                          My wife and I were hospice volunteers for a number of years, before coming back to Japan.

                          Often, the patient had found peace, but the family was in need of settling. The most important thing is to just listen and offer a hand. I can say that it was one of the saddest yet most joyous places too, as in the story, in a way hard to explain in words.

                          Gassho, J

                          SatToday
                          Last edited by Jundo; 09-16-2016, 03:17 PM.
                          ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                            • Taiyo
                              Member
                              • Jul 2016
                              • 431
                              #8
                              Wonderful and really moving indeed. Thanks for sharing this, Seido.

                              Gassho,
                              Andoitz.

                              SatToday.
                              太 Tai (Great)
                              陽 Yō (Sun)

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                                • Jakuden
                                  Member
                                  • Jun 2015
                                  • 6141
                                  #9
                                  Very moving story, thank you Seido.

                                  Gassho,
                                  Jakuden
                                  SatToday

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                                    • lorax
                                      Member
                                      • Jun 2008
                                      • 381
                                      #10
                                      Such a wonderful narrative that clearly shares the human experience of being with one as they pass from this life. I especially appreciate his statement "If you have ever been in the room at the moment of someone’s death, you have probably experienced the shift in energy that occurs and sometimes remains for minutes or hours afterward. I call it the silence of the leaving." During my career as a law enforcement officer and EMT, I have been there on a number of occasions, however never could express what I felt and experienced, that feeling of shift and change that occurred at the moment of passing of the persons life.

                                      SAT TODAY
                                      Shozan

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                                        • Byokan
                                          Treeleaf Unsui
                                          • Apr 2014
                                          • 4289
                                          #11


                                          Thank you Seido.

                                          Gassho
                                          Byōkan
                                          sat today
                                          展道 渺寛 Tendō Byōkan
                                          Please take my words with a big grain of salt. I know nothing. Wisdom is only found in our whole-hearted practice together.

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                                            • Tairin
                                              Member
                                              • Feb 2016
                                              • 2824
                                              #12
                                              Wonderful. Thank you.

                                              Gassho
                                              Warren
                                              Sat today
                                              泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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