{"id":311,"date":"2012-11-26T08:59:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T15:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/podcast.shin-ibs.edu\/?p=311"},"modified":"2012-11-14T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T19:12:27","slug":"cleaning-cloths-poetry-and-personal-buddhas-laywomens-healing-practices-in-contemporary-japan-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/podcast.shin-ibs.edu\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning Cloths, Poetry, and Personal Buddhas: Laywomen\u2019s Healing Practices in Contemporary Japan, audio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Domestic Dharma: Beyond Texts, Beyond Monasteries, Numata Symposium 2012 Keynote Address by Prof. Paula Arai.<\/p>\n

Creativity, flexibility, and accessibility are qualities characteristic of the Buddhist practices that women in contemporary Japan engage in as they weave healing activities into their daily life. Home-made ritualized activities, which draw upon and innovatively adapt age-old traditions, include common greetings turned into healing events, cleaning cloths performing medical mysteries, and poetry writing. In addition, this domestic Dharma often sees a loved one transformed into a Personal Buddha upon death, bestowing wise counsel and compassionate support.<\/p>\n

Originally recorded on 22 September 2012
\n(c) 2012 The Institute of Buddhist Studies and Paula Arai<\/p>\n

A video version of this talk is also available.<\/strong> <\/p>\n