Founder Ravi Mishra hopes his new app, Awaken, will help meditators examine social issues. A new Buddhist app offering contemplations and guided meditations on social justice is now available in the App Store. Awaken, created by Ravi Mishra, offers meditation instructions to help users explore social issues like race and gender. Content in the app is sorted into individual [...]
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. Question: I find myself attracted to all kinds of Buddhist teachings and practices, so I go from one to the next without sticking with any of them very [...]
What “radical dharma” means to Rev. angel Kyodo williams
"I'm dedicated to promoting what the Buddha was dedicated to promoting, which is liberation," says Rev. angel Kyodo williams. Williams talks to Lion's Roar's Melvin McLeod about the meaning and impact of "radical dharma." Read our profile of williams from the January 2018 issue of Lion's Roar. Transcript Melvin McLeod: Hi, this is Melvin McLeod, the editor-in-chief of [...]
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. She is a well-known author, activist, and one of American Buddhism’s most dynamic and provocative teachers. But once, Rev. angel Kyodo williams was a lonely, bruised little girl living in New York City who would hide her face in a comic book as she walked home from [...]
angel Kyodo williams’ New Year’s reflection
Rev. angel Kyodo williams plans to enter the New Year by reflecting on the last. In this video, she shares how can set the intention to show up for ourselves and the world in 2018. Transcript Rev. angel Kyodo williams: I think that what we want to start the new year with is a reflection, especially this new year that in the United States has been rife with a kind of [...]
Love Everyone: A Guide for Spiritual Activists
Real political change must be spiritual. Real spiritual practice has to be political. Buddhist teachers Sharon Salzberg and Rev. angel Kyodo williams on how we can bring the two worlds together to build a more just and compassionate society. Sharon Salzberg: I’d like to start with a meditation. Settle your attention and energy into your body and feel your breath. Find the [...]
Rev. angel Kyodo williams on why she’s hopeful about this moment in US politics
Rev. angel Kyodo williams shares why the incoming US administration provides a great opportunity for activists to come together, take action, and create a new vision for a more inclusive country. In a recent interview with The MOON magazine, editor Leslee Goodman and Zen Buddhist priest, author, and activist Rev. angel Kyodo williams discuss the "spiritual crisis" ignited by [...]
“Radical Dharma” strikes a conversation about transforming sanghas and communities
Pamela Ayo Yetunde, author of “Buddhism in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter” on the new book by Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Jasmine Syedullah. (You'll find an excerpt from Radical Dharma inside the coming, September 2016 Lion's Roar magazine.) African-American and queer Buddhist teachers Rev. angel Kyodo williams and Lama Rod Owens, with Professor Jasmine [...]
Beyond Privilege: a Q&A with angel Kyodo williams
To make diversity real, says Zen teacher angel Kyodo williams, Buddhists must look deep into their own hearts. Brooklyn Zen Center executive director Greg Snyder has spoken of a mind-meld that’s gone on between you and he, and BZC guiding teacher Teah Strozer. Let’s talk about that connection. I’m a New Yorker. I lived in Fort Greene and had a little sitting group, an [...]
The Great Awakening Beckons
Inside the debut issue of Lion's Roar magazine (formerly the Shambhala Sun), 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. Never before have the teachings of the Buddha found themselves in a society as diverse as ours. As Buddhist practitioners, we [...]
