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Lama Rod Owens



Lama Rod Owens, MDiv, is an American author and teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a social change activist and speaks and teaches on issues of race, gender, sexuality and identity from the perspective of Buddhism and human experience. He is a cofounder of Bhumisparsha, an online tantric Buddhist spiritual community.

Lama Rod Owens
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Lama Rod Owens: Meditation on Compassion

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Lama Rod Owens
2016
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02:21:05

Black & Buddhist in America

Join the conversation with 15 leading African American Buddhist teachers.

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angel Kyodo williams
2018
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Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom

Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative American Buddhism. With contributions by Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, Cheryl A.

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Pamela Ayo Yetunde (editor), Cheryl A. Giles (editor), Gaylon Ferguson (foreword)
2020
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No One Like Me

Lama Rod Owens on taking care of your own needs when you don’t see yourself represented in those around you.

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Lama Rod Owens
2021
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Lama Rod Owens: The Principles of Resiliency and Self-Preservation for People of Color

Lama Rod Owens asks the question, "What is required of you to liberate yourself from your suffering? How do I restore myself so I can do liberation work and engage with community?" Authentic liberation looks different for everyone.

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Lama Rod Owens
2019
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Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger

White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death.

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Lama Rod Owens
2020
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Lama Rod Owens and Kate Johnson: Pleasure, Power, and Sexual Liberation

What actions can we take to heal a society reeling from the abuse of power in the realms of gender and sexuality? Tibetan Buddhist lama and Harvard-trained theologian Rod Owens is known for bringing ease, authenticity, and humor to “the stuff we’re scared to talk about.

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Kate Johnson
2019
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Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation

Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective...

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angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, Jasmine Syedullah
2016
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The Unseen World

Lama Tsultrim Allione, Rob Preece, and Acharya Gaylon Ferguson discuss their individual relationships with nonmaterial realized beings and the purpose of including them in your practice. Introduction by Lama Rod Owens.

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Lama Rod Owens, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Gaylon Ferguson, Rob Preece
2020
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Love and Fear During Times of War: An Interview with Lama Rod Owens

During their time together, Tara and Lama Rod call on the teachings of Buddhadharma as well as their own intrinsic wisdom to lean into fear with love.

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Lama Rod Owens
2020
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