Sumeru News — Chaplaincy

Thanks to an initiative by the Toronto Centre for Applied Buddhism and a subvention from the University of Toronto, we will be producing 800 English copies and 200 French copies of The Inner Path / Un sentier intérieur for free distribution to prison chaplains across Canada. Both the author and Sumeru have waived their royalties for this project as a gesture of dāna.

We are delighted to have launched two new books about Buddhist chaplaincy (aka psychospiritual care) recently at a conference hosted by Emmanuel College at the University of Toronto for the Buddhist Spiritual Care Educators in North America (BSCENA) -- "Transforming Wounds into Wisdom: Interreligious Perspectives on Moral Injury Through a Buddhist Lens.” The two books are: Kalyanamitra, volume II: Pragmatic Skills for Buddhist Spiritual Care, by Rev. Dr. Monica Sanford with contributions from Victor Gabriel, Nathan Jishin Michon, Henry C.H. Shiu, & Linda Hochstetler. The Buddhist Campus Chaplaincy Sourcebook, edited by Ji Hyang Padma and Jonathan Makransky, with contributions from Harrison Blum,...

Buddhism In Prisons (BIP) Initiative - December 2021 ***powered by Toronto Centre for Applied Buddhism www.appliedbuddhism.ca to ensure access to Buddhist spiritual care by inmates in Canadian prisons to offer education and practicum programs for Buddhist chaplains and volunteers to fundraise to create a Buddhism in Prisons Fund to assist Buddhist chaplains and volunteers to deliver spiritual care services in prisons in Canada Buddhism In Prisons (BIP) Fund December 2021 fund-raising campaign to seed the Buddhism In Prisons (BIP) Fund - donations will be matched up to $10,000. To donate, visit: http://www.buddhisminprisons.ca/fundraising.html To join our team, email us at info@BuddhismInPrisons.ca

Introduction to Buddhist Counselling (on-line) Instructed by Linda Hochstetler, MSW, RSW / TA Charles Chiarelli, OCT, BA, BEd 13 Saturdays, September 18 – December 11, 2021, EST 4-6 pm (7 classes) & 4-5 pm (6 tutorials) - 20 hours This module is designed to provide basic Buddhist counselling skills to individuals with little or no clinical experience or training. It is intended to prepare participants to volunteer with Sangha members, friends, and family. No previous training is required. Students will learn the following skills: attending, rapport building, use of silence, paraphrasing, reflecting, showing empathy, focusing the conversation, clarifying, appropriate questioning,...

My latest column for Buddhistdoor Global is an interview with two Buddhist chaplains: https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhist-spiritual-care