Part of a special section on Buddhist Chaplaincy in the United States and Japan. Editors’ note: Dr. Jitsujo Gauthier is chair and Associate Professor of Buddhist Chaplaincy at University of the West. Dr. Gauthier is also a Zen teacher, priest, and preceptor within the Zen Peacemakers and White Plum Asanga lineage. In this article, Dr. Gauthier introduces the work of…