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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.
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B.R. Ambedkar and NavayÄna Buddhism: Caste, Liberation, & Engaged Practice
What does it mean to take up Buddhist practice as an act of liberation for all beings? Brooklyn Zen Center welcomes Dr. Santosh Raut (Maitriveer Nagarjuna) alongside guests, Cornel West, Rima Vesely-Flad, and William Edelglass for this six-week online course.
Introducing four community based online courses
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.
On Suffering
This idea that we learn to suffer skillfully might be heard as a way of accepting it. Like âthatâs okay, itâs justifiable. Itâs something that is part and parcel of what it means to be Black in this country and weâll just go along with it.â Thatâs not what James Baldwin and Audre Lorde were talking about.
Tina Turnerâs Nichiren Buddhist Practice with Dr. Ralph Craig
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.