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How Tune-Yards created an indie-rock meditation on race and Buddhism

by Lilly Greenblatt| March 6, 2018

How Tune-Yards created an indie-rock meditation on race and Buddhism

Lilly Greenblatt talks to Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus about how race and Buddhism informed the band's latest release. Close your eyes Get in touch With the physical sensations coursing through your body (Honesty) Breathe (Honesty, honesty) Those are the instructions from frontwoman Merrill Garbus on “Honesty,” the fifth track of Tune-Yards’ latest album. The song also [...]

Buddhism & Diversity: Profiles, Teachings, and Conversations

by Lion's Roar Staff| December 12, 2017

Buddhism & Diversity: Profiles, Teachings, and Conversations

A collection of teachings, profiles, and discussions about diversity in Buddhism. Featuring angel Kyodo williams, Funie Hsu, Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Arunlikhati, Gina Sharpe, Greg Snyder, Justin Simien, George Takei, Alice Walker, Lama Rod Owens, and more. Diversity is increasingly discussed in Western Buddhism today, and with good reason. Supporting diversity serves three [...]

Where Will You Stand?

by Rev. angel Kyodo williams| November 10, 2017

Where Will You Stand?

If we are to uphold the dharma, says Rev. angel Kyodo williams, we must stand up to racism and expose its institutionalized forms—even in our Buddhist communities. We are at a critical moment in the history of the nation as well as within the Buddhist teaching and tradition in America. This is the "back of the bus" moment of our time. Fifty years after civil rights laws were [...]

Do You Know Your True Face?

by Lama Rod Owens| October 13, 2017

Do You Know Your True Face?

Lama Rod Owens says we all need to look honestly at who we are, in all our complexity -- and that includes those who teach the dharma. Excerpted in the Fall 2017 Buddhadharma, "The Best of 15 Years." About a year after I finished the traditional three-year retreat program and had begun my work as a dharma teacher, I experienced a kind of breakdown, a severe sense of being [...]

North American Buddhist Alliance issues response to racial violence

by Rod Meade Sperry| September 5, 2017

North American Buddhist Alliance issues response to racial violence

In a new statement shared with Lion's Roar, the North American Buddhist Alliance (NABA) responds to the current events and crises related to White Supremacy in the United States. NABA describes itself as “a new, idealistic, and organic organization modeled after Northwest Dharma Association. We are not a governing body nor are we interested in developing a hierarchy of any [...]

Waking Up to Whiteness

by Greg Snyder| August 16, 2017

Waking Up to Whiteness

For our practice to have meaning in today's world, says Greg Snyder, it must include a thorough understanding of our racial identities and their impact. This is particularly urgent for white practitioners.   Like it or not, we have all been racialized—that conditioning affects each and every one of us. Unfortunately, many Buddhists are not working diligently to [...]

A Buddhist Cop’s Approach to Justice

by Cheri Maples| July 27, 2017

A Buddhist Cop’s Approach to Justice

Cheri Maples, a student of Thich Nhat Hanh and former police officer, addresses the U.S.'s crisis in policing and how a Buddhist outlook could help foster more positive relations between citizens and police. A cop meets Thich Nhat Hanh I became serious about developing a consistent mindfulness practice when I attended my first retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh (known [...]

The Best of bell hooks: Life, Writings, Quotes, and Books

by Lion's Roar Staff| June 15, 2017

The Best of bell hooks: Life, Writings, Quotes, and Books

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us. —bell hooks Writer, feminist theorist, and cultural critic bell hooks has played a vital role in twenty-first-century activism. Her expansive life's work of writing and lecturing has explored the historical function of race and [...]

“Dear White People” creator Justin Simien talks Buddhism, empathizing with haters

by Sam Littlefair| May 29, 2017

“Dear White People” creator Justin Simien talks Buddhism, empathizing with haters

One element of Simien’s identity isn’t obvious in his Netflix hit: Buddhism. But it’s there. Talking to Justin Simien, it’s clear that the characters in his show, Dear White People, come from within. Each episode of the Netflix comedy, which debuted last month, follows a different character at a fictional Ivy League college in the aftermath of a blackface party on campus. [...]

We’re Not Who You Think We Are

by Chenxing Han| May 15, 2017

We’re Not Who You Think We Are

Chenxing Han examines the stereotypes that have marginalized Asian American Buddhists and reports on the rich diversity and depth of practice of a new generation of practitioners. During my undergraduate years, a budding interest in Buddhism prompted me to explore various Buddhist communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. At meditation centers where older white practitioners [...]

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