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Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan (2021/22 John Howes Lecture with Dr. Clark Chilson)

UBC Asian Studies
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@UBC Asian Studies The Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia presents the 2021/22 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies. This lecture "Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan" was delivered via Zoom on March 8, 2022, by Dr. Clark Chilson, Associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. 00:00:00 Welcome 00:06:38 Lecture 00:56:29 Q&A In the 1910s, Kure Shūzō, the “father of Japanese psychiatry,” led a team that investigated throughout Japan traditional healing practices. In the 1918 report he coauthored, he advocated for state intervention to eradicate such practices at Buddhist temples. In the decades that followed, government policies pushed the mentally ill away from temples and monks and toward mental hospitals and psychiatrists. Yet, after 1945, Zen and Pure Land Buddhist ideas and practices shaped indigenous psychotherapies. To illustrate how, this talk focuses on Mor …...more
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan (2021/22 John Howes Lecture with Dr. Clark Chilson)
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@UBC Asian Studies The Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia presents the 2021/22 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies. This lecture "Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan" was delivered via Zoom on March 8, 2022, by Dr. Clark Chilson, Associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. 00:00:00 Welcome 00:06:38 Lecture 00:56:29 Q&A In the 1910s, Kure Shūzō, the “father of Japanese psychiatry,” led a team that investigated throughout Japan traditional healing practices. In the 1918 report he coauthored, he advocated for state intervention to eradicate such practices at Buddhist temples. In the decades that followed, government policies pushed the mentally ill away from temples and monks and toward mental hospitals and psychiatrists. Yet, after 1945, Zen and Pure Land Buddhist ideas and practices shaped indigenous psychotherapies. To illustrate how, this talk focuses on Morita and Naikan therapies. It shows that, unlike mindfulness in North America, Buddhist-influenced psychotherapies in Japan attributed emotional suffering to self-centeredness and emphasized stronger social relations as a cure. About the John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: John Howes was a founding member of UBC’s Department of Asian Studies, which he joined in 1961 after earning his doctorate from Columbia University. During his 30 years of active teaching and research, Professor Howes was at the forefront of Canada-Japan cultural, educational and people-to-people relations and inspired countless young Canadians to dedicate their careers and lives to the Canada-Japan relationship in one way or another. In 2012, a number of UBC faculty, staff, and Professor Howes’ devoted former students came together to launch an endowment in his honour. The fund supports the John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies, an annual public lecture for prominent scholars from around the world to speak to the university community and alumni on topics in Japanese Studies with a focus on Humanities. Dr. Howes passed away peacefully on February 4th, 2017, at the age of 92. Event details: https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/2021...

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