Refuge in the storm : Buddhist voices in crisis care

Refuge in the storm : Buddhist voices in crisis care /

"Refuge in the Storm presents a wide range of Buddhist perspectives on crisis care. Written by experienced chaplains, spiritual teachers, psychotherapists, pastoral counselors, medical providers, and scholars, the essays in this timely anthology explore a spectrum of personal and global crises:...

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Other Authors: Michon, Nathan Jishon (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2023]
Subjects:
Caring > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Social service > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Crisis management > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Spiritual life > Buddhism.
Aging > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Life change events > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Terminal care > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Pastoral care > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Care of the sick > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Table of Contents:
  • Five irises for Mary Oliver / Mushim Ikeda
  • Introduction / Nathan Jishin Michon
  • Part one: Buddhist approaches to large-scale and community crises. The ecology of the Bodhisattva / Victor Gabriel ; Responding to multiple crises and the roles of community chaplaincy / Dawn Neal ; Crisis: the second dart of suffering / Vimalasara (Valerie Mason-John) ; Cultivating a sense of identity: won Buddhist practice in immigrant and second-generation identity crises / Hojin (Hye Sung) Park ; Psychospiritual relief work in the tsunami areas and the potential of Runsho Buddhism / Reverend Hitoshi Jin ; Cafe de Monk: Kaneta Taio and the mobile deep-listening cafe / Nathan Jishin Michon ; Lotus in a sea of fire: The Hong Kong case in 2019 and 2020 / Chun Fai (Jeffrey) Ng ; Finding flow in crisis / Dr. G.
  • Part two: Sickness, aging, and death: caring for life-cycle crises. Stay cool during a code blue: caring for a distressed fiancee / Manling Lim ; A Buddhist chaplain's prayer / Anna Gagnon ; Making friends with the aneurysm in my brain / Noel Alumit ; A Buddhist counseling approach for advanced cancer / Kin Cheung (George) Lee ; Accompanying the dying: applying noninvasive Dharma for non-Buddhists / Dian (Dee) Sutawijaya ; In the Charnel Ground of a dying Latinx man: practicing with Emilio, El Nino Fidencio, and La Santa Muerte / Lourdes Arguelles (Lopon Dorje Khandro).
  • Part three: Caring for crisis workers: Buddhist approaches to stress management and self-care. Refecting clear moonlight: when modern chaplaincy embodies a living Koan / Shushin R. A. Peterson ; ICU staff anxieties: originations and cessation / Acala Xiaoxi Wang ; Buddhas in the Medical Intensive Care Unit: reflecting a workspace in the Mandala / Stephanie Barnes (Repa Nyima Ozer) ; Experiments in mindfulness: a collaborative health-care staff support program / Shushin R. A. Peterson ; Chaplains need cahplains too / Chenxing Han ; A playful Dharma: connecting to our bodies, connecting to one another / Alex Baskin.
  • Part four: Becoming a Buddhist care worker: training programs and Buddhist education. The heart consultation room: post-disaster care and adapting chaplaincy in Japan / Taniyama Yozo ; Aging in China and the Life Care Program of Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple / Wang Fengshuo ; The path to Buddhist chaplaincy in the United Staes: academic education, religious endorsement, professional board certification / Jitsujo T. Gauthier, Daijaku Judith Kinst, Leigh Miller, Elaine Yuen ; "Suffering is not an emergency...and , it matters to end it": outcomes of training Tibetan Buddhist scholar-practitioners for professional spiritual care / Leigh Miller.
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Contributors.

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