Kauai Hospice Team Visit

When Gurudeva was on his fasting bed 22 years and 2 months ago, the team at Kauai Hospice guided the monks through his end of life journey. Every day for over a month they were on the phone, making Gurudeva's last days comfortable and understandable to those of us who had never been through the process. So selfless and knowledgeable, so compassionate they were.

A few days ago they visited, 28 of them, almost the entire staff. Many had never visited the monastery, so seeing Iraivan Temple completed, visiting the sacred gardens, it was a new and surprising experience.

They had many questions about the Hindu view of Death & Dying. Fortunately, we had prepared a somewhat complete dossier for their visit, taken from past Insights printed in Hinduism Today.

We also personalized it a bit, and had DALL-E paint some images. Our graphic experiments with artificial intelligence continue, and as you will see do not disappoint.

Here is a link to the illustrated 20-page PDF document. If you know anyone going through end-of-life experiences, you can share this PDF with them, as it is rich in knowledge of the process with a focus on Hindu practices and understandings. It also has stories of how ten Great Souls left their bodies, and ten reasons we should never fear death.

https://kauaishindumonastery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Death-Dying-for-Hospice2.pdf

The staff minus some photographers on the Iraivan steps with their host, Sadasivanathaswami.

This is their leader and inspirer, Trisha Yamashita.

This art took DALL-E just 18 seconds to render using a two sentence prompt

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