By Rachel Ricketts — 2017
What is shocking is how many white folks are trying to distance themselves from the problem instead of being part of the solution.
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Lama Rod Owens says protesting is a spiritual act that engages the practitioner’s body, speech, and mind in service to others. But many Buddhists are resistant to resistance.
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At the first-ever gathering of Buddhist teachers of black African descent, held at New York’s Union Theological Seminary, two panels of leading Buddhist teachers took questions about what it means to be a black Buddhist in America today.
“No one who has ever touched liberation could possibly want anything other than liberation for everyone,” says Rev. angel Kyodo williams. She shares why we must each fully commit to our own path to liberation, for the benefit of all.
When Tara Brach came to recognize her own white privilege, it revealed blind spots. That changed her as a dharma teacher and leader. Artwork by Hildy Maze.