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Jan Willis

About Jan Willis

Jan Willis is Professor Emerita of Religion at Wesleyan University. Her most recent books are Dreaming Me: Black, Baptist, and Buddhist and Dharma Matters: Women, Race, and Tantra.

Peace Begins With Peaceful Actions

by Jan Willis| January 7, 2021

Peace Begins With Peaceful Actions

To change the world, says Jan Willis, we need hope. And hope grows from nonviolent actions, no matter how small.

The Four Noble Truths

by Jan Willis| November 10, 2020

The Four Noble Truths

Buddhist teacher and scholar Jan Willis on the Buddha’s central teaching — his diagnosis and cure for suffering.

We Cry Out for Justice

by Jan Willis| May 29, 2020

We Cry Out for Justice

There will only be justice in America, says Jan Willis, when we see all people as our equals. She offers an ancient Buddhist meditation to help us do that.

The Path We Walk as Women

by Jan Willis| August 21, 2019

The Path We Walk as Women

In the commentary to the Fall 2019 special women’s issue of Buddhadharma, Jan Willis reminds us of the powerful role of women in Buddhism, historically and today.

A Buddhist Teacher’s 5 Ways to Resist

by Jan Willis| July 14, 2018

A Buddhist Teacher’s 5 Ways to Resist

Buddhist teacher Jan Willis shares her advice for making the most of your bravery, your voice, and your vote in this sociopolitical climate.

Stand Against Suffering: A Call to Action by Buddhist Teachers

by Bhikkhu Bodhi, Myokei Caine-Barrett, Norman Fischer, Joan Halifax, Mushim Patricia Ikeda, Jack Kornfield, Ethan Nichtern, Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Lama Rod Owens, Greg Snyder, Gina Sharpe, Rev. angel Kyodo williams and Jan Willis| August 21, 2017

Stand Against Suffering: A Call to Action by Buddhist Teachers

Thirteen leading Buddhist teachers call on Buddhists and all people of faith to take a stand against policies of the new administration.

The Dalai Lama: The Lamp for Our Path

by Jan Willis| August 1, 2017

The Dalai Lama: The Lamp for Our Path

Jan Willis reflects on why the world needs His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his message of compassion, peace, and joyfulness more than ever.

Buddhist Views on the Practice of Politics

by Richard Reoch, Peter Coyote, David Kaczynski, Jan Willis, Ken Jones, Hozan Alan Senauke and Charles G. Lief| October 21, 2016

Buddhist Views on the Practice of Politics

Buddhist practice is inherently political, so here are eight views on how to move society along the path to liberation from political suffering.

Let’s foster today’s Thai Forest Tradition

by Jan Willis| June 11, 2015

Let’s foster today’s Thai Forest Tradition

In the foothills nestled among the many sugarcane fields that blanket the plains of Uthai Thani, Thailand, stands the red roof of Wat Pa Sak Thong’s temple.

Why We Can’t Breathe

by Jan Willis| December 7, 2014

Why We Can’t Breathe

“If one of us cannot breathe, none of us can breathe,” writes Buddhist scholar Jan Willis in this poignant essay. We can’t breathe! In Buddhist meditation, our breathing is essential. Anapana, meditation on the breath, was the Buddha’s first meditation instruction and the basis for all further meditative endeavors. Breathing is not only life-sustaining and calming; it is a foremost […]

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