Our Mission
Our Vision
We live in a world where death is not feared, and we live fully until we die.
Our Values
Our Values guide every aspect of our work and relationships, and are expressed and advanced through the practice of contemplative living and dying.
- Embrace and accept those who enter our door.
- Foster joy and honor the sacredness of living and dying.
- Serve and support others and ourselves through tenderness and compassion.
- Invite opportunities for listening and learning, for growth and healing.
- Awaken hope, trust and awareness.
- Attend to the dignity and spirit that permeate each moment.
- Inspire care and attention to words and actions.
Our Guiding Traditions
“Be sure, I am with you, I shall keep you safe wherever you go,” said God to Jacob in his dream. Jacob awoke and said, “How awe-inspiring this place is! This is the abode of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
Genesis 28:15-17
“…and you, too, are being built up into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”
Ephesians 2:22
“O Allah, O our Lord, You are peace, and from You is peace, and to You returns peace. O our Lord, give us a life of peace, and usher us in the abode of peace.”
Muslim prayer
The Four Abodes of Buddhism
These are qualities of mind and heart that are inherent to the basic nature of human beings:
Loving Kindness towards all: “the wish that all sentient beings, without
exception, be happy.”
Compassion: “the wish that all sentient beings be free from suffering.”
Sympathetic Joy: “the wholesome attitude of rejoicing in the happiness of all sentient beings.”
Equanimity (Peace): “a clear-minded tranquil state of mind. To regard every sentient being as equal.”