Teacher

Frank Ostaseski



Frank Ostaseski is an American Buddhist teacher, author, and cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. He is the founder of the Metta Institute, which provides training and education in mindful and compassionate end-of-life care. He speaks, teaches and writes on mindfulness and contemplative care of the dying.

FindCenter Teacher Placeholder
FindCenter Video Image

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

The good news is we don’t have to wait until the end of our lives to realize the wisdom that death has to offer.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

FindCenter Quotes ImageRest comes when we become more by doing less, when we don’t allow the urgent to crowd out the important

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
17:18

The Paradox of Vulnerability | Frank Ostaseski with Courtney E. Martin

A foundational voice in end of life care, Frank Ostaseski, shares how his series of recent strokes and the sudden switch in roles from caregiver to care-receiver have deepened his understanding of the surprising ways vulnerability can unlock personal resilience and cultivate compassion for oneself...

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Allow Yourself to Rest

Here and now is the only place of rest.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
46:58

Death as an Advisor to Life | Roshi Joan Halifax, Vanessa Callison-Burch, Frank Ostaseski, Ram Dass

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

FindCenter Quotes ImageIn the Buddhist tradition, there is an image known as the wheel of samsara. Samsara means the cycle of death and rebirth to which the material world is inextricably bound. The wheel as metaphor illustrates the continuous cycle of conditions that cause us to spin round and round.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Dying Is a Sacred Act

Mirrors reflect the truth of what strikes their surface. The eyes of a dying patient are the clearest mirrors I have ever known. In their gaze, there is simply no place to hide.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
02:02

Preparing for Dying—Frank Ostaseski (Founder, Metta Institute; Author of “The Five Invitations”)

Dying is more about relationship than medicine. Metta Institute End of Life Practitioner Program.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

How Men Die Differently

A conversation with Frank Ostaseski, founder of the Zen Hospice Project.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen we disown parts of ourself, we tend to judge others who display those same qualities. We lay claim to moral superiority. This holding too tightly to a role can create a chasm between people that’s difficult to cross.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Loader Image

UP NEXT

Rachel Naomi Remen