{"id":291,"date":"2024-07-07T01:08:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T01:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/?p=291"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:48:32","slug":"thl424-a-good-death-approaching-the-end-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/thl424-a-good-death-approaching-the-end-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"THL424 A Good Death: Approaching the End of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><em>(2 credits)<\/em>&nbsp;What is a \u201cGood Death\u201d? What guides decisions\u2014our own and those of our loved ones, community, and clients\u2014about how to have or support a \u201cGood Death\u201d? This course explores three times\u2014preparing for death, the time of death, and after death\u2014from the perspectives of Tibetan Buddhist religion and contemporary End of Life spiritual care. The course will consider cultural awareness and sensitivity, offer instruction in knowledge and praxis of caring for the dying and the bereaved, cultivate one\u2019s own spiritual preparation for dying, including a facilitated end of life planning process. 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