This article develops a perspective on the nature of Buddhist pastoral care by considering the needs of the bereaved. Differentiating the interpretive frameworks of different audiences and understanding different contexts of interpersonal relations are necessary for effective pastoral care. A distinction between the goal of realizing impermanence and the goal of resolving mourning is heuristically useful in theorizing Buddhist pastoral care. The discussion also seeks to underscore the value of upāya as a positive moral injunction on teachers, indicating the need to properly match their audience and to employ the textual tradition responsibly.
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Abstract 267 Introduction 268 First Audience 269 Second Audience 271 Hermeneutics and Philology 272 Resolution and Realization: Responding to Another’s Bereavement 280 Resolution: Grief Counseling 281 Realization: Buddhist Pastoral Care 284 Distinguishing Grief Counseling and Buddhist Pastoral Care, or What makes Buddhist Pastoral Care Buddhist? 286 Ethics of Upāya 290 Conclusion 296 Works Cited 297
