{"product_id":"the-little-book-of-zen-healing-japanese-rituals-for-beauty-harmony-and-love-9781645473916","title":"The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback! Accessible and adaptable Japanese Buddhist rituals to infuse your life with purpose, healing, and gratitude when you need it most.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do we make and sustain meaning amidst the messy conditions of daily life? Personalized rituals can help us blossom like lotuses right in the mud of the present. On a pilgrimage she began after her mother's death, author Paula Arai encountered numerous Japanese Buddhists who taught her the remarkable power of ritual to heal--practices you can adapt to your own cultural and personal circumstances. Applying principles of Zen practice, she offers stories and insights that illuminate how to nourish and reap a healing bounty of connection, joy, and compassion. Examples include how to: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e Relate to a late loved one as a \"personal Buddha\" who supports you \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e Create a home altar to serve as a safe space to be vulnerable, face intense emotions, and experience a depth of warm gratitude that melts fear and anger \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e Engage in daily tasks with attentiveness, intention, and creativity such that they become opportunities for body-mind integration \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eDevelop family rituals to celebrate relationship and mark transition \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eApproach illness and grief with a purposeful sense of connection to life-and-death in its wholeness \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Marie Kondo's Shinto principles for decluttering, Paula Arai uses rituals influenced by Japanese Zen for personal and relational nourishment and spiritual healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePAULA ARAI was raised in Detroit by a Japanese mother and did Zen training in Japan. She obtained her PhD in Buddhist studies from Harvard University in 1993 and is now the Eshinni \u0026amp; Kakushinni Professor of Women and Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePainting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185792614674,"sku":"9781645473916","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a33be51e-5468-473a-874d-bd2368760225.jpg?v=1744587908","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-little-book-of-zen-healing-japanese-rituals-for-beauty-harmony-and-love-9781645473916","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}