Seminar 31 Dharma in Action: working as Buddhist chaplains Everything You Worry About: What, Why & How to Handle It
Speakers & Highlights
Xinying Li – Doctor of Buddhist Ministry student at University of the West; background in Tibetan and Mahāyāna Buddhism; completed first CPE at St. Joseph Hospital; only Buddhist in her cohort; provides Mandarin-language care.
Sarah Fleming – Palliative care chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School; passion for Pali texts and Buddhist storytelling; editor at Tricycle.
Jill Gaulding – Background in cognitive science, law, feminist advocacy, and anti-discrimination work; co-founded Gender Justice; M.Div. from HDS; now interfaith Zen chaplain with Chaplains on the Way serving unhoused communities.
Alexa Plum River Klein-Mayer – Buddhist chaplain, educator, musician; M.Div. in Buddhist Studies from HDS; interfaith CPE experience; community organizer for immigration justice; received Jukai in Zen tradition; also works on healthy boundaries in Buddhist leadership.
Special Segments
Exploration of “pan-Buddhist spaces.”
Reading and reflection on a verse from Abhidharmakośa (shared by Lee and Sr Dawn).
Panel discussion on how the verse resonates with the chaplains.
