By Drake Baer — 2017
A conversation with Frank Ostaseski, founder of the Zen Hospice Project.
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Once you begin meditating daily, life as you knew it will begin to take on some interesting twists and turns.
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Frank Ostaseski, an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and pioneer in end-of-life care, has accompanied over 1,000 people through their dying process.
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