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Forward by His Holiness The Karmapa

Wholehearted:

Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up
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- By Koshin Paley Ellison
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“Intimacy is based on the willingness to open ourselves to many others...

to family, friends, and even strangers, forming genuine and deep bonds based on common humanity. Koshin Paley Ellison’s teachings share the way forward into a path of connection, compassion, and intimacy.”

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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An inspiring book that will help readers rediscover their values and discover a way to truly live life to the fullest.

Each of us has an enormous capacity for love—a deep well of attention and care that we can offer to ourselves and others. With guidance that is both simple and wholly transformative, Koshin Paley Ellison, Zen teacher and psychotherapist, shows us how to uncover it: pay attention, be of service, and be with others.

With this inspiring and down-to-earth book, drawn from the Zen precepts and illustrated with anecdotes from Koshin’s own life and practice, you’ll learn how to

  • explore and investigate with your own core values,
  • identify the mental habits that could be unconsciously hurting yourself and others,
  • and overcome isolation.

Each chapter closes with a contemplation to help integrate the teachings into your life.

This book is about getting back in touch with your values, so you can live energetically, authentically, and lovingly. This an invitation to close the gaps we create between ourselves and others—to wake up to ourselves and the world around us.

It’s time to live wholeheartedly.

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Koshin Paley Ellison discusses the 16 precepts

Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care speaks about the 16 Zen Buddhist Precepts with Dan Harris of abc News and 10% Happier during the launch of his new book, "Wholehearted: Slow Down, Wake Up, Help Out".

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Reviews

"This book is an absolute treasure. Koshin's clear-eyed open-hearted approach to teaching makes for a refreshing and energizing read. My Zazen practice, and my effort to live a more wholeheartedly authentic life have been renewed by this wonderful book. Highly reccomend for any and everyone interested in living and loving more fully."
Author of Healthy Aging
"A sweet, succinct set of reflections on how working with the precepts of Zen Buddhism can help integrate compassionate choices in our daily lives."
Alice P.
"Koshin has adapted the 16 Zen Precepts into words and actions that I found incredibly rich, meaningful, and down-to-earth; a field guide for those of us “on the path” in search of our own true natures."
K.L.
“Moving and informative—this is a much-needed book! Put into practice, the wisdom of Awake at the Bedside could transform end-of-life care in America.”
Sharon Salzberg
Author of Lovingkindness
“Awake at the Bedside brings together an extraordinary group of teachers who share their wisdom and insights into the great issue of our lives: how to understand the dying process in a way that allows for grace and peace.”
Joseph Goldstein
Author of Mindfulness
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About the Author

Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison

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Koshin Paley Ellison

Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and Certified Chaplaincy Educator. After many years as a chaplain and psychotherapist, Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, which offers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and Zen practice. Today, New York Zen Center’s methodologies are internationally recognized—and have touched the lives of tens of thousands of individuals. Koshin is a world renowned thought leader in contemplative care. He is the author of Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up (Wisdom Publications, 2019). And the co-editor of Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End of Life Care (Wisdom Publications, 2016). His work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning, Tricycle among other publications.