April-June 2009 Vol. 36 DHARMA WORLD For Living and Interfaith Dialogue

CONTENTS

Religion and Health

The Role of in Providing Total Health Care by Moichiro Hayashi 2 Cover image: Abinitio Design. Religion and HIV/ AIDS-A Changing Relationship by Gunnar Stalsett 3 Religion and HIV/AJDS---­ A Changing Relationship 3 Poverty and Human Health: Strategic Challenges by Katherine Marshall 7

Bodyworks: Body-Mind ¥ealth and Ascetic Practices by Tullio Lobetti 11 DHARMA WORLD presents Buddhism as a Compassion, Health Care, and Buddhist Monks practical Jiving religion and promotes in­ terreligious dialogue for . It by Pinit Ratanakul 14 espouses views that emphasize the dignity The Great Turning for Global Healing seeks to rediscover our inner na­ of life, An Interview with Dr. Joanna Macy 19 ture and bring our lives more in accord with it, and investigates causes of human Health and Poverty suffering. It tries to show how religious The Great Turning for by Rosalina Melendres-Valenton 22 principles help solve problems in daily life Global Healing 19 and how the least application of such Religious Communities Take the Lead for Children principles has wholesome effects on the by Stephen Hanmer, Aaron Greenberg, and Ghazal Keshavarzian 25 world around us. It seeks to demonstrate Religion and Health to all reli­ truths that are fundamental by Taye VanMerlin and Kazzrie Neva/ 30 gions, truths on which all people can act. An Interspiritual Approach for Modem Medical Care by Wataru Kaya 33

The Benefits of Buddhist Breathing Techniques by Akikazu Takada 36

Health and Poverty 22 Publisher: Moriyasu Okabe Director: Tsao Hayashi Reflections Senior Editor: Koichiro Yoshida the Dharma Editor: Kazumasa Osaka The Pleasure of Studying Editorial Advisors: by Nichiko Niwano 40 Gene Reeves, Yoshiaki Sanada, Michio T. Buddhist Thought Can Help to Solve the Environmental Crisis Shinozaki by Nikkyo Niwano 47 Copy Editors: Stephen Comee, William Feuillan, Gary Hoiby, DeAnna Satre The Threefold Lotus Sutra: A Modern Commentary (97) Editorial Staff: Toshihiko Nishino, Katsuyuki Kikuchi, The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law Ryuichi Kaneko The Benefits of Buddhist Chapter 14: A Happy Life (3) Subscription Staff: Kazuyo Okazaki Breathing Techniques 36 by Nikkyo Niwano 42

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by Moichiro Hayashi

ust what is health? According to the definition of the ness to harmonize the mind and the body. In other words, we World Health Organization (WHO), "Health is a state of are not merely treating disease, but providing holistic care by complete physical, mental and social well-being and not carefully observing the patient, listening to the patient's con­ merelyJ the absence of disease or infirmity" (from the Pream­ cerns, and remaining in close contact with the patient. ble to the Constitution of the WHO). Kosei General Hospital has a terminal care ward called the It would seem, however, that most people generally think of Kosei Vihara, the first such hospice facility to be established by health as being the absence of disease or infirmity. The sense I a religious organization in Japan. It is an inpatient facility for get from contact with most of the patients in our hospital, the patients seeking to ease the physical and emotional pain ofter­ Kosei General Hospital in Tokyo, is that many people wh