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A pioneer in end-of-life care, Frank Ostaseski brings his Buddhist practice\u2014and a startlingly respectful compassion\u2014to the bedsides of people who are face to face with dying. In his new book,\xa0The Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully, he has learned lessons that\xa0\u201care too important to be left to our final hours\u201d: By turning away from death, he says, we also turn away from the preciousness of life and our ability to live fully.\xa0Ostaseski guides\xa0us through what is otherwise scary territory with kindness, warmth, wisdom and humor.\xa0As Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., writes in her exquisite introduction, \u201cDeath, like love, is intimate, and that intimacy is the condition of the deepest learning.\u201d Contributing editor\xa0Amy Gross sits down for a conversation\xa0with Ostaseski about his work in our latest Tricycle Talk. Gross teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction at the Open Center in New York City.\xa0His lessons can help all of us\u2014the sick and the well, the old and the young\u2014live a life of bravery, intimacy, honesty, and ease, even alongside our fear of dying.