Kaplan, Jill.
KWAN YIN: PARTICIPATION IN SUFFERING

Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Volume 23, Number 2, 2014

In English
KWAN YIN: PARTICIPATION IN SUFFERING
Jill Kaplan
San Jose, California, USA

KEY WORDS: Sandplay therapy, compassion, healer, suffering, spirit, archetype, bodhisattva, trauma, alcoholism, drug abuse, divorce, “rudeness”, containment, transformation, peacock, mirror, inflation, addictions, nurturance, symbol, Kwan Yin, Kuan Yin, Buddha, goddess, clinical example, child, female.

ABSTRACT: The quality of compassion is explored as necessary to the work of the Sandplay therapist. The author traces the history of the archetype of the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, Kwan Yin, as it moved from India to China and Japan, and how it has been central to her in the holding of Sandplay process. In a case example, a young girl, with a family history of trauma and addictions, uses several figures of Kwan Yin in her sandplay. These seem to reflect the movement of the therapy, and to hold the potential of transformation of the girl’s ability to relate more positively with her family and friends.

In German
KWAN YIN: TEILNAHME AM LEIDEN
Jill Kaplan
San Jose, Kalifornien, USA

SCHLAGWÖRTER: Sandspieltherapie, Mitgefühl, Heiler, Leiden, spirituell, Bodhisattva, Trauma, Zufriedenheit, Pfau, Spiegel, Inflation, Abhängigkeit, nährend, Symbol, Kwan Yin, Buddha, Göttin, Fallbeispiel, Kind, weiblich.

ABSTRACT: Die Eigenschaft Mitgefühl wird untersucht als notwendiger Bestandteil der Arbeit eines Sandspieltherapeuten. Im Fallbeispiel benützt ein junges Mädchen, mit Familiengeschichte von Trauma und Abhängigkeit, verschiedene Figuren von Kwan Yin in ihren Sandbildern.

In Spanish
KWAN YIN: PARTICIPACIÓN EN EL SUFRIMIENTO
Jill Kaplan
San Jose, California, USA

PALABRAS CLAVE: Terapia sandplay, Kwan Yin, Kuan Yin, diosa, compasión, sanador, sufrimiento, espíritu, arquetipo, Bodhisattva, Buda, pavo real, espejo, inflación, adicciones, cuidado, símbolo, trauma, contención, ejemplo clínico, niño, niña, hembra.