šļø Sundays, Oct. 11 to Nov. 15, 2026 @ 12:00pmā1:30pm ET
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Learn how Black Buddhists have woven together the teachings of the BuddhaDharma with the Black radical tradition ā not as a contradiction, but as a profound and coherent vision of freedom. Political freedom. Psychological freedom. Collective freedom.
Presented with the Institute of Buddhist Studies
šļø September 30, 2026 @ 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST
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This conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today.
How do we use our energy to confront overwhelming dehumanization and force? I am excited to announce a series of community-based courses that I will offer beginning in September which will address this question and other topics to help sustain healing and social justice work.
This idea that we learn to suffer skillfully might be heard as a way of accepting it. Like āthatās okay, itās justifiable. Itās something that is part and parcel of what it means to be Black in this country and weāll just go along with it.ā Thatās not what James Baldwin and Audre Lorde were talking about.
The distinctive teachings of Nichiren Buddhism are deeply compelling for Black practitioners throughout the United States. To start this exploration of the significance of this practice for Black Americans, Rima Vesely-Flad speaks with Dr. Ralph Craig about the famous Black Buddhist singer Tina Turner, and her relationship to Nichiren practices such as chanting the Lotus Sutra.