How you can participate

Attend a spiritual care seminar or study group for professionals working in health care related fields. You can also volunteer to help develop our activities in your country or region.

We offer public talks, in-service trainings and one and two-day seminars. Some of the key topics and themes include: Being Present with Death, Care for Caregivers, Healing Bereavement, Preparing for Death, and Spiritual Practices for Caregivers. Get in touch with the national director in your country to find out more.

The Spiritual Care Program is a department of Rigpa, a registered non-profit (charitiable) organization, run almost entirely by volunteers. Donations are the main support for our work. If you would like to make a donation, the national director in your country can describe the program's offerings, funding needs, and legal status for tax purposes. The international office of Spiritual Care also gratefully welcomes any donations to support our work.

By following links to Amazon.com on pages in the Resources section of our website you can help raise money to support our work. Each time you purchase books and other items directly after following links from our website, we receive a portion of what you paid.

Also, by bookmarking pages on Amazon (or adding them to your "Favorites") after following links from our site, and using these bookmarks to access Amazon in the future, you can continue supporting us, without even coming to the site.

Do you have a personal experience that could inspire others? If some aspect of the spiritual insights or practices presented here, in The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Facing Death and Finding Hope, or at any of our seminars and events have supported you or a friend facing death, please send it to us by email at stories@spcare.org or by postal mail to our address in Ireland. You may offer your story anonymously, but please include your name and address if you are open to having your anecdote published.

Bookmark our website (or add it to your "Favorites" list) and keep checking back to see new events listings, spiritual practices, stories, and articles. As the site develops, we hope to be able to address many of your questions and important issues, so please be patient if the site does not answer your questions immediately. To help you find answers to your needs, please see our list of recommended websites, books, and other resources. Unfortunately, since we are a small organization, we cannot answer questions personally.