Eric Poche is the director of volunteer services and training at Zen Hospice Project and the Laguna Honda Hospital Hospice Volunteer Program. Eric has many years of compassionate experience working with those in the process of dying, which he calls “the great teaching of my life”. A native of the Bay Area, he has been a student of the dharma for many years, sitting Zen and Vipassana. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: * Donate * Learn how to participate live * Find our schedule of upcoming speakers * Join our mailing list or discussion forum * Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter