Wednesday, September 10, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - A Death of One's Own (Part I)
Post-screening discussion moderated by Koshin Paley Ellison
Co-Sponsored by the Rubin Museum of Art and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
A Death of One's Own explores the choices surrounding dying, including physician-assisted suicide, terminal sedation, the withdrawal of nutrients and hydration, and the implications for families, institutions and communities. Kitty Rayle, an Oregon resident talks about physician-assisted suicide. We fear dying in pain, we fear that too much will be done to keep us alive, or we fear that not enough will be done. What are the options? Who makes the choices? When is the right moment for final decisions? "A Death of One's Own" addresses the debate over physician- assisted suicide, where the critical issue is less the right to die, than the way to live when choices are circumscribed by practical realities.
About the facilitators:
Koshin Paley Ellison is a Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He is a founder of the Buddhist Psychotherapy Collective and in private practice, where he sees individuals, couples, and groups. Koshin is currently a Jungian Analyst Candidate at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. Koshin is a senior student and novice Soto Zen Buddhist priest under Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, at the Village Zendo.
