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  • Published: 15 November 2003
  • ISBN: 9781590300800
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $59.99
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Jizo Bodhisattva

Guardian of Children, Travelers, and Other Voyagers




Jizo is an important bodhisattva or "saint" of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. Most prominent today in Japanese Zen, Jizo is understood to be the protector of those journeying through the physical and spiritual realms. This bodhisattva is closely associated with children, believed to be their guardian before birth, throughout childhood, and after death.

Here, an American Zen master offers an engaging and informative overview of the history of this important figure and conveys the practices and rituals connected with him, including a simple ceremony for remembering children who have died. Inspired by her own personal experience with Jizo practice, Bays explains how the Buddhist teachings on Jizo can bring peace to those confronted with suffering and loss.

  • Published: 15 November 2003
  • ISBN: 9781590300800
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $59.99
Categories:

About the author

Jan Chozen Bays

A practicing Buddhist for more than thirty years, Jan Chozen Bays is a Zen master in the White Plum lineage of the late Japanese master Taizan Maexumi Roshi. She serves as priest and teacher at the Jizo Mountain-Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, Oregon. She is also a practicing pediatrician who specializes in the evaluation of children for abuse and neglect.

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