Kalyāṇamitra volume II

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kalyāṇamitra: A Model for Buddhist Spiritual Care</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> presents research and analysis into the professional practice of Buddhist spiritual care based on the work of actual chaplains. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kalyāṇamitra</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is one of less than a dozen books about this young but growing profession and the first to present a ­comprehensive theory for Buddhist spiritual care.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kalyāṇamitra Volume I</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> presents an overview of Buddhist chaplaincy with a comprehensive theoretical framework and model for Buddhist spiritual care. Together the framework and model outline the stages of formation of a Buddhist chaplain provide a heuristic for the praxis of spiritual care and a guide to grounding Buddhist chaplaincy in the Dharma.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kalyāṇamitra Volume II</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> focuses on the development of pragmatic skills through­out the education training and internship of new Buddhist chaplains as well as an overview of professional issues facing Buddhist chaplains in North America. Volume II builds on the theoretical framework and model presented in Volume I by placing the skills within their context and advancing a plan for the integration of the framework and model in Buddhist chaplaincy pedagogy.</span></p><p></p>