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Harvard Book Store Discussion with Dr. Tracey Hucks

Harvard Book Store Discussion with Dr. Tracey Hucks

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🗓️ March 6th, 2026 @ 7:00pm ET

đź“ŤIn-person

🗺️ 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA

Harvard Book Store welcomes Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad—Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies and a Visiting Affiliate Fellow at Princeton University’s Center for Culture, Society, and Religion—for a discussion of her new book, The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. She will be joined in conversation by Dr. Tracey Hucks—Suzanne Young Murray Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute and the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Africana Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School.

Zen Mountain Monastery Book Discussion with Shugen Roshi

Zen Mountain Monastery Book Discussion with Shugen Roshi

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🗓️ Feb 26, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET

đź“ŤOnline

Suggested donation – $10.00 – $75.00

What do James Baldwin and Audre Lorde teach us about how to meet this political moment? This public conversation between Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad and Shugen Roshi will illuminate the wisdom of two Black, queer luminaries through a dharmic lens, examining how Baldwin and Lorde fostered skillful approaches to suffering as they sought to dismantle harmful conditions.

Defining Your Role in the Fight Against State Violence

Defining Your Role in the Fight Against State Violence

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At the time of writing, there is great peril in our country; there is also great promise.

The level of state violence against immigrants and the protestors supporting them provokes an undeniably just rage.

As Audre Lorde taught us, it is healthy to give this rage oxygen.

It is communicating something important: an urgency, a need to stand against injustice, a need to insist upon safety and protection for all.

Manifesting Buddhahood in This Lifetime with Dr. Kamilah Majied

Manifesting Buddhahood in This Lifetime with Dr. Kamilah Majied

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Buddha-nature refers to the innate potential for every living being to attain enlightenment, and one of the most compelling aspects of Nichiren Buddhism is the teaching that this is already present in every being. The realization of this inherent truth is called “Buddhahood.” In this episode, Rima Vesely-Flad speaks with Dr. Kamilah Majied about using hardship as fuel for reaching the state of mind called Buddhahood.