Sumeru News — Chaplaincy

How Buddhist Chaplains are trained

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I recently discovered this short piece from National Public Radio in the States on how Buddhist Chaplains are trained: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/05/26/buddhist-chaplains It was particularly interesting because Sumeru is pleased to announce that next year we will be publishing a new textbook for Buddhist chaplains: Kalyāṇamitra: A Buddhist Model for Spiritual Care This book will be only the fourth work ever published in the field of Buddhist spiritual care and the first to provide a comprehensive theory to guide the work of Buddhist chaplains. That theory is the Three Prajñās Framework for Spiritual Care. Prajñā means wisdom (roughly) and the Three Prajñās...

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Buddhists Helping Buddhists

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Here’s a review from Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly of A THOUSAND HANDS: A Guide to Caring for Your Buddhist Community, edited by Nathan Jishin Michon and Daniel Clarkson Fisher (Sumeru, 2016). Buddhists Helping Buddhists  

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A Thousand Hands reviewed in Tricycle Magazine

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Here’s the review, from the summer 2017 issue…

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Upcoming Toronto Buddhist events

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Presented by the Buddhist Education Network of Ontario – Compassionate Care Project 30-hour Community and Palliative Care Education Program for Volunteers 9325 Yonge Street (Yonge and 16th Ave.) Email benocct2016@gmail.com or call 416-800-8032 or 416-910-4858 for more information/registration (Instructions in Cantonese) 8 Saturdays starting April 29, 2017 April 29 (Saturday) 9:30 am – 1:00 pm... Read more »

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A Thousand Hands editors interviewed on Secular Buddhism podcast

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A Thousand Hands arose from an effort to provide Buddhist community leaders with tools and education to complement traditional Buddhist teachings and practice, and make us more effective caregivers and leaders. We may have read many sutras, practiced thousands of hours of meditation, or become well versed in Buddhist philosophy, but that does not prepare... Read more »

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