Jan Willis, PhD, is an American professor of religion and author on Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist saints’ lives, women and Buddhism, and Buddhism and race. She considers herself both Baptist and Buddhist and has been called a “spiritual innovator.”
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Dr. Jan Willis takes questions about working with afflictions, extending love to all beings, and the importance and kindness of the spiritual mentor.
How have Black women elders managed stress? In Black Women’s Yoga History, Stephanie Y.
In the commentary from the Fall 2019 special women’s issue of Buddhadharma, Jan Willis reminds us of the powerful role of women in Buddhism, historically and today.
How can we connect our personal spiritual journeys with the larger course of our shared human experience? How do we compassionately and wisely navigate belonging and exclusion in our own hearts? And how can we embrace diverse identities and experiences within our spiritual communities, building...
To change the world, says Jan Willis, we need hope. And hope grows from nonviolent actions, no matter how small.
Sravasti Abbey is delighted to host Dr. Jan Willis, professor emerita of religion at Wesleyan University, and student of Lama Yeshe for a weekend of teachings. She shares her thoughts on the Buddha's example of activism and its impact on her life.
Jan Willis was among the first Westerners to encounter exiled Tibetan teachers abroad in the late sixties, instantly finding her spiritual and academic home.
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“If one of us cannot breathe, none of us can breathe,” writes Buddhist scholar Jan Willis in this poignant essay.
Dr. Jan Willis shares the life story of the author of 'The Three Principal Aspects of the Path', the 14th century Tibetan scholar-yogi Lama Tsongkhapa.
All Out of Faith gives voice to southern women writers who represent a broad spectrum of faiths, Catholic to Baptist, Jewish to Buddhist, and points in between. These essays and stories reveal that southern culture has always reserved a special place for strong women of passion.
