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Bringing Right and Wise Intention to POC Sanghas
By Pamela Ayo Yetunde — 2020
In this excerpt from her new book co-edited with Cheryl A. Giles, Black and Buddhist, Pamela Ayo Yetunde offers advice for POC considering entering a dharma community, and shares the importance of utilizing Right Intention when doing so.
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