Dying Well, Sacred Rituals and Caring Communities
An Interfaith Conference on Death and Dying
March 8 - 9, 2008
Speakers from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Native American,
and Sufi religions will share their wisdom on how to transform fear
of death into acceptance and renewal. With the compassionate support
of loving people — with ritual, understanding, and faith—we
can truly help ourselves and others before and after death. Click here to view speakers for this year.
Topics Include:
• Prayers and other spiritual practices for the person and community
to engage in
- Before the person’s death
- As the person is dying
• Spiritual perspectives on what happens after death
• Rituals for the loved ones left behind
- To ease their grief
- To accept the person’s death
- To help them integrate back into the community
Dying Well, Sacred Rituals, and Caring Communities
Interfaith Panel
The Interfaith Panel, provides the main speakers (from Buddhist, Christian,
Jewish, Native American, and Sufi religions)
- Opportunity to discuss the shared wisdoms of their respective traditions
- Opportunity to engage in an interactive dialogue with the conference
participants
Personal Journeys Panel
Chaplains, hospice workers, community leaders, and a palliative care
physician will share real life stories on how caring communities and
rituals can transform fear of death into acceptance and renewal while
deepening the heart of compassion.
Topics include:
• Gathering volunteers to help out
• Using sacred rituals as lay persons
• Tapping into the rewards of caregiving
• Lessening caregiving burnout
• Preparing communities for the future
Saturday Evening Performance 7 – 9:00pm
Celebrating Life, Honoring Death: An Evening of Impermanent
Entertainment
A special interfaith celebration of music, performances, and sacred
clowning will be offered on Saturday evening.
There is no extra charge if attending the weekend or one day program.
Performance Only: $15.00
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purchase tickets.
Lynne Conrad Marvet, Performance Organizer and Performer.
Lynne is a contemplative clown and new vaudevillian. Her clowning is as
an extension of her spiritual practice in the sense that it is
creative play and challenges the viewer to wake up to simple truths about our world and our reality. She has performed with Bread & Puppet Theatre in Vermont and New York City. Her clown character MeeMee HeeHee was developed in 2003 as a result of studying with Moshe Cohen of Clowns without Borders. Lynne sings, dances, tells stories, clowns around and plays with puppets and toys to bring sheer delight to her audiences. She enjoys re-writing song lyrics with a Buddhist twist.
Directions to Nalanda West.
Please review Nalanda West's Parking Procedures before arriving.
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