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angel Kyodo williams is an American Zen Buddhist priest, writer, activist, wisdom teacher, and social change leader. One of the world’s only female Zen teachers of African descent, she is the author of multiple books and is the founder of Transformative Change—a community dedicated to practicing more sustainable approaches to peace, justice, and progressive social healing.

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Where Will You Stand?

If we are to uphold the dharma, says Rev. angel Kyodo williams, we must stand up to racism and expose its institutionalized forms—even in our Buddhist communities.

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2017
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Ask the Teachers: When Do I Know Enough?

Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Jyoshin Clay, and Kwan Haeng Sunim discuss the Zen concept of “don’t know mind.”

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Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Jyoshin Clay and Kwan Haeng Sunim
2020
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From Radical Dharma to All About Love, a Look at Queer Black Buddhist Perspectives on Spiritual Practice in Contemporary Texts

Several queer Black Buddhist authors have showed me how spiritual practice can be a liberating force in the face of challenges as huge as racism, sexism and queerphobia.

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Chintan Girish Modi
2020
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The Great Awakening Beckons

We asked 14 Buddhist teachers to tell us, “What is the most important teaching to proclaim in today’s troubled world?” Here’s what Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Sensei had to say.

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Rev. angel Kyodo williams
2016
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The World Is Our Field of Practice

This prophetic conversation is an invitation to imagine and nourish the transformative potential of this moment — toward human wholeness.

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On Being
2018
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Do I Have to Pick Just One Buddhist Tradition?

In the November 2018 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine, 14 Buddhist teachers answer the most frequently asked questions about challenges on the spiritual path. Here, Rev. angel Kyodo williams addresses spiritual indecision.

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Rev. angel Kyodo williams
2019
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Coping; a Zen Priest and the Art of Black Serenity

Ms. Williams's book . . . is more than just a paean to Buddhism. It is also a call for black Americans to look inward

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Felicia R. Lee
2000
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The Radical Buddhism of Rev. angel Kyodo williams

“I just want people to be liberated.” John DeMont on the radical Buddhism of Rev. angel Kyodo williams.

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John DeMont
2019
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Power and Heart: Black and Buddhist in America

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.

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Ruth King, Gina Sharpe, Myokei Caine-Barrett, angel Kyodo Williams, Kamilah Majied, Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Konda Mason, Gretchen Rohr, Venerable Pannavati, Lama Rod Owens, Ralph Steele, Jozen Tamori Gibson, Chimyo Atkinson
2019
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The Rev. angel Kyodo williams to Champion Liberation from Racism in Interfaith Lecture

The Rev. angel Kyodo williams believes that addressing racism in the United States can lead to the sense of belonging the American dream promised, but never fully delivered on.

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Chris Clements
2019
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