ARISE Love Letter In Response to the White Supremacist Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Those Who Perpetrated Similar Acts of Violence Across the United States, as COVID-19 Deaths Exceed 4000 in a Single Day
Dharma Readings:
Sharings during BBMC weekly BIPOC and Social Activist Sits
2020
- How to be equanimous in a racialized world, Ruth King.
- Teachings on non-violence and war, various authors
- A Zen Master’s tips for staying sane in challenging times, Thich Nhat Hanh.
- Toward a culture of love, bell hooks
- V’AHAVTA, Aurora Levins Morales
- Teachings on hope, various authors
- Sweeping my heart, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
- The gift that cannot be given, Marcia Rose
- Teachings on power, Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodran
- I vow not to burn out, Mushim Patricia Ikeda.
- Healing the inner child, Thich Nhat Hanh
- Lived experience as a gateway to freedom, Earthlyn Zenju Manuel (video)
- Fourteen verses on meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh
- Engaged Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hanh (video)
2019
2018
- I am a mirror, Nikki Giovanni
- Activism and self care, John Eligon
- To be a true hero, Thich Nhat Hanh
- A Zen master’s advice on coping with Trump, Thich Nhat Hanh
- For Calling The Spirit Back From Wandering The Earth In Its Human Feet, Joy Harjo
- Making the invisible visible: Healing racism in our Buddhist communities, Larry Yang
- A bit about rage, Ruth King
- Why people of color need spaces without white people, Kelsey Blackwell
- Race, racism, and the dharma, Bonnie Duran
- The confidence gap for girls Tips for parents of tween and teen girls, Claire Shipman, Katty Kay and JillEllyn Riley
