Paula Arai

Paula Arai is a professor of Religious Studies at Louisiana State University. Her books include Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra, Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women’s Rituals, and Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns.

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Painting Emptiness

Artist Iwasaki Tsuneo uses characters from the Heart Sutra to represent a cosmic principle.

By Paula Arai

Winter 2019

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