Paula Arai's guest appearances

Paula Arai

New Books in Buddhist Studies

Audio & Video - Jikoji Zen Center

New Books in Religion

New Books Network

Mark Adams

Rohatsu Sesshin

Bryan Gaynor

PAMELA BROWN

David Chadwick

Ben Connelly

Jundo Cohen

Grace Schireson

Jill Kaplan

Dan Zigmond

David Shapiro

Michael Newhall

Nico Detourn

Cynthia Kear

Misha Merrill

OwlTail

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Paula Arai, a scholar of Japanese Zen, gender, and healing ritual. Paula is an inspiration in the way she blends critical analysis and compassion in her work. In this episode, we talk about how her journey into Zen began with her relationship with her Japanese mother, as well as her work on everyday Japanese healing rituals. Our discussion focuses on the ethics of empathetic scholarship and how Paula’s care for relationships has shaped her five books. Along the way, we touch on the centrality of women in Buddhism and the challenges of facing misogyny and sexism in academia.Enjoy the conversation! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes here.Resources: Article about Paula by Karma Lekse Tsomo in Challenging Bias Against Women Academics in Religion (2021) Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns (1999) Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals (2011) Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra (2019) The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice (2022) The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love (2023) Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Paula Arai, a scholar of Japanese Zen, gender, and healing ritual. Paula is an inspiration in the way she blends critical analysis and compassion in her work. In this episode, we talk about how her journey into Zen began with her relationship with her Japanese mother, as well as her work on everyday Japanese healing rituals. Our discussion focuses on the ethics of empathetic scholarship and how Paula’s care for relationships has shaped her five books. Along the way, we touch on the centrality of women in Buddhism and the challenges of facing misogyny and sexism in academia.Enjoy the conversation! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes <a href="http://blueberyl.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.Resources:<ul> <li><a href="https://books.atla.com/atlapress/catalog/view/46/192/750" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Article about Paula by Karma Lekse Tsomo in Challenging Bias Against Women Academics in Religion (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3KBY66c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns (1999)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3UbuW14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3GkP3nR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3KLTYAV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3UfyRtD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love (2023)</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.piercesalguero.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pierce Salguero</a> is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl <a href="https://blueberyl.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network</a>

Healing Buddhist Studies (with Paula Arai)

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Paula Arai, a scholar of Japanese Zen, gender, and healing ritual. Paula is an inspiration in the way she blends critical analysis and compassion in her work. In this episode, we talk about how her journey into Zen began with her relationship with her Japanese mother, as well as her work on everyday Japanese healing rituals. Our discussion focuses on the ethics of empathetic scholarship and how Paula’s care for relationships has shaped her five books. Along the way, we touch on the centrality of women in Buddhism and the challenges of facing misogyny and sexism in academia.Enjoy the conversation! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes here.Resources: Article about Paula by Karma Lekse Tsomo in Challenging Bias Against Women Academics in Religion (2021) Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns (1999) Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals (2011) Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra (2019) The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice (2022) The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love (2023) Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/buddhist-studies

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Paula Arai, a scholar of Japanese Zen, gender, and healing ritual. Paula is an inspiration in the way she blends critical analysis and compassion in her work. In this episode, we talk about how her journey into Zen began with her relationship with her Japanese mother, as well as her work on everyday Japanese healing rituals. Our discussion focuses on the ethics of empathetic scholarship and how Paula’s care for relationships has shaped her five books. Along the way, we touch on the centrality of women in Buddhism and the challenges of facing misogyny and sexism in academia.Enjoy the conversation! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes <a href="http://blueberyl.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.Resources:<ul> <li><a href="https://books.atla.com/atlapress/catalog/view/46/192/750" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Article about Paula by Karma Lekse Tsomo in Challenging Bias Against Women Academics in Religion (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3KBY66c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns (1999)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3UbuW14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3GkP3nR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3KLTYAV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3UfyRtD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love (2023)</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.piercesalguero.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pierce Salguero</a> is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl <a href="https://blueberyl.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/buddhist-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/buddhist-studies</a>

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Paula Arai, a scholar of Japanese Zen, gender, and healing ritual. Paula is an inspiration in the way she blends critical analysis and compassion in her work. In this episode, we talk about how her journey into Zen began with her relationship with her Japanese mother, as well as her work on everyday Japanese healing rituals. Our discussion focuses on the ethics of empathetic scholarship and how Paula’s care for relationships has shaped her five books. Along the way, we touch on the centrality of women in Buddhism and the challenges of facing misogyny and sexism in academia.Enjoy the conversation! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes here.Resources: Article about Paula by Karma Lekse Tsomo in Challenging Bias Against Women Academics in Religion (2021) Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns (1999) Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals (2011) Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra (2019) The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice (2022) The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love (2023) Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Paula Arai, a scholar of Japanese Zen, gender, and healing ritual. Paula is an inspiration in the way she blends critical analysis and compassion in her work. In this episode, we talk about how her journey into Zen began with her relationship with her Japanese mother, as well as her work on everyday Japanese healing rituals. Our discussion focuses on the ethics of empathetic scholarship and how Paula’s care for relationships has shaped her five books. Along the way, we touch on the centrality of women in Buddhism and the challenges of facing misogyny and sexism in academia.Enjoy the conversation! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes <a href="http://blueberyl.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.Resources:<ul> <li><a href="https://books.atla.com/atlapress/catalog/view/46/192/750" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Article about Paula by Karma Lekse Tsomo in Challenging Bias Against Women Academics in Religion (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3KBY66c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns (1999)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3UbuW14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3GkP3nR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3KLTYAV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3UfyRtD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love (2023)</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.piercesalguero.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pierce Salguero</a> is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl <a href="https://blueberyl.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion</a>

Beata Chapman

ABOUT PAULA ARAIPaula Arai received her Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at Harvard University and is currently a Professor of Buddhist Studies at LSU. She is the author of Bringing Zen Home, Painting Enlightenment, and Women Living Zen.ABOUT BEAT CHAPMANBeata Chapman is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi. She works full time and teaches meditation groups for people living with chronic pain and illness in the tradition of the late Zen teacher Darlene Cohen. Beata guides NoWalls Zen, a dynamic online Sangha of practitioners awakening at home.

ABOUT PAULA ARAI Paula Arai received her Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at Harvard University and is currently a Professor of Buddhist Studies at LSU. She is the author of Bringing Zen Home, Painting Enlightenment, and Women Living Zen.ABOUT BEAT CHAPMAN Beata Chapman is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi. She works full time and teaches meditation groups for people living with chronic pain and illness in the tradition of the late Zen teacher Darlene Cohen. Beata guides NoWalls Zen, a dynamic online Sangha of practitioners awakening at home.