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Links and Resources ::: Hospice and HIV/AIDS

Zen Hospice Project - An engaged Buddhist community supporting and staffing a large San Francisco hospice. The website also feature resources for hospice caregivers worldwide.

  • A Note to Teens Who Have Just Learned They Are HIV-Positive - Short article provides tips for coping with the news no one wants to hear.
  • Buddhanet Death and Dying Resource Center - Articles and links to Buddhist resources for death, dying, and bereavement.
  • Dying Young: The Fight Against AIDS - PBS article explores why so many young people are falling victim to this fatal but preventable disease.
  • Sangha Metta Project - Engages monks in HIV/AIDS prevention and care. The monks, taking the Buddha's teachings as their inspiration, concluded that a core aspect of HIV/AIDS was ignorance about the condition among both the sufferers and the general public.
  • Using Meditation to Deal With Pain, Illness, and Death - from a talk given at a conference on HIV, AIDS, and other immuno-deficiency disorders by the Ven. Bhikkhu Thanissaro of the Metta Forest Monastery (MBI Server).

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