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Representative of the various traditions of Buddhism present in Ireland provided information, clarification and guidance for this section. Spiritual advisers from two Tibetan Buddhist centres worked more closely with us to clarify protocols for specific areas of care, in particular death-related practices.

These were:

  • Members of Dzogchen Beara Spiritual Care Team, who work under the guidance of Tibetan Lama Venerable Soygal Rinpoche
  • Tibetan Lama Venerable Panchen Otrul Rinpoche and Venerable Margery Cross, Jampa Ling Buddhist Centre

 

Buddhist representatives who provided information and clarification in relation to their own tradition(s) of Buddhism were:

  • Mr Sean Boland, Dublin Buddhist Centre (Western Buddhism)
  • Mr Bart Gruzalski, Ph.D., Sunyata Retreat Centre (Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism)
  • Ms Fiona Wilson, Mindfulness Ireland, which is run under the guidance of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. from Vietnam (Zen Buddhism)
  • Mr Malcolm McClancy, Rigpa Ireland (Tibetan Buddhism and general development of Buddhism in Ireland)
  • Ms Ani Thondru, Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist Centre, Dublin (Tibetan Buddhism). Ms Thondru provided us with guidelines on death-related processes in Buddhism that were produced by Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, which are referenced in the bibliography.