Part of a special section on Buddhist Chaplaincy in the United States and Japan.
Editors’ note: Rev. Dr. Daijaku Kinst established the Buddhist chaplaincy program at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and served as the Noboru and Yaeko Hanyu Professor of Buddhist Chaplaincy from 2015 to 2022. She is a Sōtō Zen priest and guiding teacher of the Ocean Gate Zen Center in Capitola, California. In this article, Dr. Kinst provides an introduction and orienta- tion to the state of chaplaincy and Buddhism in North America. She suggests that Dr. Paula Arai’s research on Japanese Buddhist women’s experiences of healing can be applied to clinical chaplaincy. Dr. Kinst demonstrates how the ten principles of healing in Dr. Arai’s work provide a model for chaplains to conduct spiritual assessments, choose appropriate interventions, reflect theologically, and sustain themselves for a lifetime of service.