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Radical Dharma : talking race, love, and liberation / Angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens, with Jasmine Syedullah.

by Williams, Angel Kyodo.

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North Atlantic Books, [2016]

Racism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.

Racism -- United States.

Social conflict -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.

Toleration -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.

Equality -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.

9781623170981 (pbk.)

xxxiv, 214 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"How the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular. This call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective awakening. The authors traveled around the country to spark an open conversation that brings together the Black prophetic tradition and the wisdom of the Dharma. Bridging the world of spirit and activism, they urge a compassionate response to the systemic, state-sanctioned violence and oppression that has persisted against black people since the slave era. With national attention focused on the recent killings of unarmed black citizens and the response of the Black-centered liberation groups such as Black Lives Matter, Radical Dharma demonstrates how social transformation and personal, spiritual liberation must be articulated and inextricably linked. Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Jasmine Syedullah represent a new voice in American Buddhism. Offering their own histories and experiences as illustrations of the types of challenges facing dharma practitioners and teachers who are different from those of the past five decades, they ask how teachings that transcend color, class, and caste are hindered by discrimination and the dynamics of power, shame, and ignorance. Rev. angel Kyodo williams is an author, activist, master trainer, and founder of the Center for Transformative Change. She is the author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace. Ordained as a Zen priest, she is one of the only two black women Zen "Senseis" or teachers. Lama Rod Owens is a graduate of Berry College, where he majored in English and speech communication. It was there that he began his work as a student activist and organizer. In 2011, he was authorized as a lama in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. He then moved to DC and ran his own center for over two years. Later, he returned to Boston to begin his divinity degree in Buddhist studies at Harvard Divinity School. Jasmine Syedullah holds a PhD in politics with a designated emphasis in feminist studies and history of consciousness from University of California, Santa Cruz, and a BA from Brown University in religious studies with a focus in Buddhist philosophy"--Provided by publisher.

Syedullah, Jasmine.

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