“No Birth No Death”: A Workshop on Facing Death, Suicide Prevention, and Buddhist Counseling
Borobudor, IndonesiaFebruary 9-13, 2026Have you faced death directly before in your own mortality? Have you ever sat with someone in...
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Inner Development for the Founders of Outer Development: Buddhist Chaplaincy Training @ the Sarvodoya Movement
Buddhist Holistic Development & Buddhist Chaplaincy Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne welcomes the participants The Sarvodaya Shramadana movement, founded in 1958 in...
Read moreDetailsProblem-Solving in Zen: A Way to Work with Psychological Distress
Rev. Fujio SoinRinzai Zen Kencho-ji denominationAbbot, Doku-on-ji Temple, Yokosuka, JapanHow is a “problem” defined in Zen Buddhism?The English word “problem”...
Read moreDetailsRebuilding Trust & Rebuilding Connection while Rebuilding from the Northern Myanmar Earthquake
two seminars on disaster trauma for caregivers in Myanmar by Japanese Buddhist chaplains Introduction: Three Levels of Disaster Support On...
Read moreDetailsLaughing and Crying while Facing Death
A Zen Monk Brings Death Workshops & Buddhist Suicide Prevention Counseling to Thailand In life, not everything goes as you...
Read moreDetailsApplying Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing for Buddhist Community: Bridging Therapeutic and Contemplative Traditions
by Ven. Zinai with commentary Jonathan S. Watts Ven. Zinai (Taiwan) was ordained in 1983 by the renowned bhiksuni Master Wuyin...
Read moreDetailsA Buddhist Analysis and Commentary on the 6 Steps of Focusing Using the Buddha’s Teachings of the Five Aggregates (khanda) & Dependent Co-origination (paticca samuppada)
by Jonathan S. Watts see Ven. Zinai's original article Applying Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing for Buddhist Community: Bridging Therapeutic and Contemplative...
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If today was the last day of your life...what would you think about and what would you do?As you face...
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On the verge of the new millennium, Japanese society began to experience noticeable fissures and discontinuities that belied its image...
Read moreDetailsPushing Beyond Boundaries: The Korea-Japan Cooperative on Suicide and Self-Death
May 28-31, 2024IntroductionThe Institute of Buddhist Counseling and Chaplaincy (IBCC) is a group of Buddhist chaplains, Buddhist based psychotherapists, and...
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