Frank Ostaseski is an American

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

teacher and a leader in the field of

end-of-life care End-of-life care (EoLC) refers to health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death. End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months before a person dies and encompasses care and support for a person's mental and emotio ...

. He is the Guiding Teacher and founding director of the

Zen Hospice Project San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC), is a network of affiliated Sōtō Zen practice and retreat centers in the San Francisco Bay area, comprising City Center or Beginner's Mind Temple, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. Th ...

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

. The

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(American Association of Retired Persons) named him one of their "50 Most Innovative People Over 50" in 2003.

Biography

Ostaseski is a former spiritual teacher-in-residence at the

Esalen Institute The Esalen Institute, commonly called Esalen, is a non-profit American retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, which focuses on humanistic alternative education. The institute played a key role in the Human Potential ...

. In 1987, he co-founded the

, the first Buddhist hospice in the United States, and created the Metta Institute to train professionals in providing mindful and compassionate end-of-life care. He conducts workshops that reveal people's attitude towards death and emphasizes a mindful approach to caring for the dying, such as "Spiritual Practices in Accompanying the Dying", "Forming a Compassionate Community", and "Being a Compassionate Caregiver".

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Frank Ostaseski
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