Painting Enlightenment — Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra
with Dr. Paula Arai
Friday, September 20, 2024
7:00pm – 8:30pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
in person and online
Friday, September 20, 2024
7:00pm – 8:30pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
in person and online
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Japanese biologist and visionary artist Iwasaki Tsuneo (1917–2002) painted the resonances he discovered between scientific and Buddhist views of reality. Expressing the interdependent, impermanent, and empty nature of phenomena, he shaped the words of the Heart Sutra — a scripture prized for its concise expression of wisdom and compassion — into imagery drawn from ephemeral beauties of nature, Buddhist cultural life, and microscopic and telescopic wonders.
A few original paintings of Iwasaki Tsuneo will be displayed in the gompa during the event.
Join us in this inspiring presentation. All are welcome.
A few original paintings of Iwasaki Tsuneo will be displayed in the gompa during the event.
Join us in this inspiring presentation. All are welcome.
Paula Arai (Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, Harvard University) holds the Eshinni and Kakushinni Chair of Women and Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies.
She is author of
Women Living Zen,
Bringing Zen Home,
Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra,
and
The Little Book of Zen Healing: Japanese Rituals for Beauty, Harmony, and Love.
Her current project is:
Of Lotuses and Mud: Women Liberating Dharma.
Steeped in ethnographic research, she takes an embodied approach to her work and finds poetic immersive storytelling a potent medium for conveying the experiences of transformative healing she researches. An active public speaker, Arai also leads workshops on healing rituals. Website: Zenhealing.org
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