This week in our 'Chaplains' series, we tag along with a Zen Buddhist monk in New York City. Then, how mindfulness can nourish patients and doctors.
The Zen Thing
May 05, 2017
Koshin Paley Ellison is one of a small but growing number of chaplains in the United States who are Buddhists. In fact, Koshin is a Zen Buddhist monk. He works in hospice, and his goal is to take "the Zen thing" out into the world...and the change the very nature of caregiving itself. Produced by Will Coley and KalaLea.Music by LD Brown.
The New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care that Koshin founded with his husband, Robert Chodo Campbell, is the first ever Dharma-based organization to be accredited by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education.
We speak to a palliative care physician and a Buddhist chaplain about contemplative care-- a mindful approach to the patient-caregiver relationship that could even be an antidote to empathy fatigue and doctor burnout.
Kate Braestrup is an unusual chaplain. She ministers to game wardens- people who come to the aid of hunters, fishermen, and hikers who've had mishaps in the wilderness. In this story, Braestrup tells the story of a young girl's unusual request, and how it lead her to believe that the bereaved should be trusted to see the body of their loved one.This story first aired onThe Moth.
We asked Koshin Paley Ellison to read a couple poems that have taken on special meaning for him in his work as a hospice chaplain. He shares with us "The Gate" and "The Last Time" by Marie Howe.
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