This conference aims to help us make peace with our death and, in so doing, find better  ways to live. The conference presenters will include a variety of experts and innovators  in their fields, including those who are steeped in Tibetan and other cultures,  those  trained in modern medicine, and those who work with the dying.  Together they will  examine the issues we must all face:  What is death?  How can our own death and the death of those we love be faced with courage and awareness?  Does consciousness  survive death and, if so,  what might we expect?  How can we best prepare?  And how can we work more compassionately and intelligently with the dying?
 
 
This event should help us see how death can become less frightening for ourselves and our loved ones.  It brings together outstanding figures in palliative care -- doctors, nurses, hospice workers, therapists, and bereavement counselors, with spiritual teachers possessed with profound and sophisticated approaches to death.
 
The fundamental revision of our approach to death is one of the most significant ways we can enhance our approach to life.
Please join us for this unique, informed and heartfelt exploration of a holistic approach to death and dying.

Please Note: You may register for one, two, or all three components in any combination. Discounts on accommodation fees apply to those attending both the Conference & Post-Conference Retreats or all components.

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. Four of her eight books, including A Return to Love, and her latest, Everyday Grace, have been No. 1 New York Times bestsellers. She also founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves over 1000 homebound people in the Los Angeles area daily, and co-founded the Global Renaissance Alliance (GRA), a worldwide network of peace activists.

Robert A. F. Thurman, PhD, is professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House US., the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books, including Inner Revolution, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism and, most recently, Why the Dalai Lama Matters.