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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,...

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Wow, I can't believe it has been six months since my last blog post. 2023 is done and dusted, with more than $6000 going to Buddhist centres or charities, including the Mississippi-Madawaska Land Trust and the Ottawa Food Bank, in addition to author royalties. Titles on tap for 2024 include: Kalyanamitra, volume II, dealing with praxis for Buddhist chaplains in a variety of settings, by Monica Sanford Buddhist Chaplaincy for Colleges and Universities, edited by JiHyang Padma, Sumi Loundon Kim, and John Makransky Un sentier interieur, a pocket introduction to Buddhism for inmates in the Québec prison system, by Acharya...

Here’s what’s been going on in my little corner of the Kalachakra mandala… Monica Sanford (Harvard Divinity School) has just sent me the final manuscript for the first seven chapters of volume II of Kalyanamitra: A Model for Buddhist Spiritual Care (on praxis in any spiritual care context, with finalized contributions from other authors for subsequent chapters to follow later this month). Now I’m editing. Jy Hyang Padma (Tufts University) is in the initial stages of putting together a book on Buddhist spiritual care written specifically for chaplains in post-secondary educational institutions. She is currently developing a detailed table of...