Healing Glistens on Carefully Washed Windows
Professor Paula Arai reflects on the rippling benefits, and beauty, of tidying a home.
Paula Arai
Paula Arai is the Eshinni and Kakushinni Professor of Women and Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. Her most recent book is The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love.
Where Fear and Love Meet
How healing rituals can help us navigate the unpredictability of grief
Dr. Paula Arai, the First Eshinni and Kakushinni Professor of Women and Buddhist Studies, Wants to Help the Field of Buddhist Studies Heal
The new position aims to recognize the central role that women have played in the development of Buddhist thought and practice.
Painting Emptiness
Artist Iwasaki Tsuneo uses characters from the Heart Sutra to represent a cosmic principle.
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