Paula Arai

Paula Arai

Paula Arai the author of Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women’s Rituals, Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns, and Painting Enlightenment. She is a professor of religious studies at Louisiana State University, where she also
serves on the faculties of women’s and gender studies, Asian studies, and Chinese culture and commerce.

Recent Articles

If You Could See the Heart Sutra

Paula Arai introduces us to the world of Tsuneo Iwasaki, who discovered a world of practice in giving (actual) shape to the "Heart Sutra."