Buddhist Responses to COVID-19 in Japan

Authors

Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
The Jivaka Project

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

7-8-2020

Capture Date

7-27-2020

URL

http://www.jivaka.net/buddhism-in-the-pandemic/

Abstract

This teaching resource by Dr. Levi McLaughlin of North Carolina State University, focuses on COVID-19 in Japan and the Buddhist response to the pandemic. The teaching resource discusses issues of politics, virtual worship, chanting, the practice of rituals, temple responses, past epidemics, and social welfare. The teaching resource features the Nichiren Buddhism-based lay association, the Soka Gakka, the Buddha Vairocana at the temple Tōdaiji, and the Amabie from Japan’s bestiary.

Comments

PowerPoint can be downloaded here.

WMU ScholarWorks Citation

McLaughlin, Levi and The Jivaka Project, "Buddhist Responses to COVID-19 in Japan" (2020). Pandemic Response and Religion in the USA: Material Culture. 21.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/religion-pandemic-materialculture/21