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
$10 / Free to RMA members
The debate over physician-assisted suicide is less about the right to die than the way to live when choices are circumscribed by practical realities.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - A Death of One's Own (Part II)
Post-screening discussion moderated by Koshin Paley Ellison
$10 / Free to RMA members
Oregon's "Death with Dignity" law offers a choice to the state's terminally ill people, and one woman discusses her decision with her daughters.

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Dharma Talk: The End of Suffering with Koshin Paley Ellison

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - A Different Kind of Care (Part I)
Post-screening discussion moderated by Robert Chodo Campbell
$10 / Free to RMA members
Palliative-care doctors work to make the dying process more tolerable for their patients.


Thursday, October, 2, 2008
Dharma Talk: Dharma Talk on Appreciation with Robert Chodo Campbell


Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A Path of Joy and Freedom: An Introduction to Zen Meditation


Wednesday, October 8, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - A Different Kind of Care (Part II)
Post-screening discussion moderated by Robert Chodo Campbell
$10 / Free to RMA members
When there is no hope for a cure, hospice care can respond to the physical, emotional, and psychological needs of patients and their families.


Wednesday, October 15, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms - Moyers on Dying, A Time to Change (Part I)
Post-screening discussion moderated by Koshin Paley Ellison
$10 / Free to RMA members
An extraordinary public hospital program in Birmingham, Alabama offers an inspiring model for what health care could be for the dying and their families.


Wednesday, October 22, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - A Time to Change (Part II)
Post-screening discussion moderated by Koshin Paley Ellison
$10 / Free to RMA members
Palliative caregivers and policy reformers strive to change the culture of death by offering better end-of-life care.


Wednesday, October 29, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - Living with Dying (Part I)
Post-screening discussion moderated by Robert Chodo Campbell
$10 / Free to RMA members
Through the personal accounts of people facing death, Part I of "Living With Dying" explores the choices we make at the end of life.



Wednesday, November 5, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - Living with Dying (Part II)

Post-screening discussion moderated by Robert Chodo Campbell
$10 / Free to RMA members
Seventy-four percent of Americans believe in an afterlife, but how does that belief bridge the gap between life and death?


Sunday, December 14, 2008
Transforming Emotional Difficulties into Opportunities:  A Buddhist Perspective on Anger: Part Two of a Three Part retreat Series


Thursday, December 18, 2008
Dharma Talk: On the End of Suffering with Koshin Paley Ellison


Sunday, December 21, 2008
Dharma Talk: Dharma Talk on Self Care with Robert Chodo Campbell


Thursday, January 8, 2009
Generosity with Sharon Salzberg

Every third Wednesday of the month
January 21st to December 16th, 2009

A Twelve Month Workshop
Based on the Book
A YEAR TO LIVE
By Stephen Levine

Monday, February 2, 2009
Chaplains in Dialogue

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Contemplative Care Trainings: Caring for the Caregiver with Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell Co-Founders of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

Monday, March 2—16, 2009
Transforming Emotional Difficulties into Opportunities A Zen Perspective A Three Week Class with Koshin Paley Ellison

Thursday, March 12, 2009
Religious Activism Challenging HIV/AIDS: Moving towards 2015
Robert Chodo Campbell

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Contemplative Care Training: Being with Death
with Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell
Co-Founders of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

Friday, March 27, 2009
A Zen Buddhist Approach to Wellness & Healing at Howard University College of Medicine
Robert Chodo Campbell

Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Contemplative Compassionate Care: A Talk with Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell, Co-Founders of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

Sunday, April 19th, 2009, 11:30am
Chodo leads Dharma talk at Village Zendo

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009, 7:30pm,
Koshin leads Dharma talk, 'The Three Barriers' at Village Zendo

Saturday, April 25, 2009
Contemplative Care Training: Giving Language to Grief and Loss

Monday, May 4, 2009
Chodo speaks at New York Insight Meditation Center on Addiction and Recovery

May 8 to 10, 2009
Waking Up in Your Life: A Buddhist Meditation Retreat

Saturday, June 6, 2009
Graduation for the 2008/9 Foundations in Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
How to Work with Pain and Discomfort through Guided Meditation

Wednesday, June 24th 2009
Chodo speaks at AIDS Education Month in Philadelphia

Friday, June 26th, 2009
Graduation of the 2008/9 Buddhist ACPE CPE Chaplaincy Training Program

Tuesday, June 30th 2009
Foundations in Contemplative Care for Yoga Teachers Open House

Sunday, July 12, 2009
Dharma Talk by Koshin on Why Ritual Is Important with Koshin Paley Ellison

Friday, September 11, 2009
Beginning of the 2009/10 Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program

Monday, September 14, 2009
Weekly Gathering of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Sangha

September 15, 2009
Deadline for Foundations in Contemplative Care for Yoga Teacher

Monday, September 21, 2009
Weekly Gathering of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Sangha

September 22- 26, 2009:
National Hospice and Palliate Care Org's 10th Clinical Team Conference
Soaring to New Heights in Interdisciplinary Care

Monday, September 28, 2009
Weekly Gathering of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Sangha

Monday, October 5, 2009
Weekly Gathering of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Sangha

Monday, October 12, 2009
Weekly Gathering of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Sangha

Monday, October 19, 2009
Weekly Gathering of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Sangha

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Beginning of the 2009/10 Foundations in Contemplative Care for Yoga Teachers

Saturday October 24th 10am - 4pm
Giving Language to Grief and Loss

Monday, October 26, 2009
Weekly Gathering of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Sangha



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