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10% Happier with Dan Harris

Chodo and Koshin

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 β€’ 12.9K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 25 May 2016

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Thinking about death can be supremely difficult. Many of us try not to think about it at all – until we have no choice. But two Zen Buddhist monks are using meditation, and a generous dose of humor, to show people that the dying process does not have to be scary, and can even be uplifting. Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell and Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison are the co-founders of the New York Center for Contemplative Care, and have trained doctors, nurses, hospice care workers, and social workers to incorporate meditation and caring into their bedside manner with patients, and in their relationships with loved ones. The duo also teaches people to embrace death's inevitability as push to live a fulfilling life – Zen Buddhist practice forces followers to look at this reality repeatedly – and how to treat a dying loved one with compassion instead of fear. Chodo and Kosin are the authors of the new book, "Awake at the Bedside: Teachings on Palliative & End of Life Care."

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0:00.0

Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape

0:09.8

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among

0:17.2

others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

0:23.9

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.

0:29.8

It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

0:36.0

So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.7

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0:45.1

to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.

0:56.5

The Panic is a new comedy podcast from Wondery that leans into our most absurd anxieties and

1:02.6

defuses them with humor and actual advice. Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondery app or

1:08.8

wherever you get your podcasts.

1:17.7

From ABC, this is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Herrick.

1:24.6

Today we're talking about everybody's favorite subject. Death. I don't know why this, well

1:30.2

I know why, but it's odd if you think about it, why this subject freaks everybody out because

1:37.0

it's coming for all of us and everybody we know. And yet, and I don't put, this is true

1:42.4

for me too. It's very difficult to think about death, especially your own. It's a little

1:46.9

bit like trying to get a cat to look in the mirror or hold two magnets together. It's

1:51.2

just like there's a lot of resistance. People don't want to think about it. And we sort

1:56.2

of quarantine our older people into nursing homes and we paint people up when they're in

2:01.2

open caskets and we just don't want to think about this fundamental reality. And one of

2:06.1

the things that I love about Buddhism and as an aside here, when I talk about Buddhism,

2:10.8

I don't think of it as something to believe in, but rather something to do. So what I like

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