Now in paperback! Accessible and adaptable Japanese Buddhist rituals to infuse your life with purpose, healing, and gratitude when you need it most.How 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 mothers death, author Paula Arai encountered numerous Japanese Buddhists who taught her the remarkable power of ritual to healpractices 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 Relate to a late loved one as a personal Buddha who supports you 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 Engage in daily tasks with attentiveness, intention, and creativity such that they become opportunities for bodymind integrationDevelop family rituals to celebrate relationship and mark transitionApproach illness and grief with a purposeful sense of connection to lifeanddeath in its wholenessLike Marie Kondos Shinto principles for decluttering, Paula Arai uses rituals influenced by Japanese Zen for personal and relational nourishment and spiritual healing.

Binding: Paperback;208 pages; Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc; Classification: VS; Weight: 348 g; Dimensions: 178 x 141 x 15

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