Readings on Mindfulness
2023
- Poems Written by Poets of Color
- Tranforming Suffering, Thich Nhat Hanh
- Inciting Joy, Ross Gay
- I Will Follow in the Direction of Hope, Larry Ward
- Colorism as Racism, Ibram X Kendi
- Rehearsing Suffering, Sr. Dang Nghiem
- Seeing the Unseen, Mushim Ikeda
- The Life and Teachings of Sr. Chan Khong, Sr. Chan Khong
- Being Present with Suffering, Justin Von Bujdoss
- Where Do We Go When We Die, Thich Nhat Hanh
- War and Peace Within, Thich Nhat Hanh
2022
- Zen Battles, Thich Nhat Hanh
- Buddhism the Beats and Loving Blackness, bell hooks
- Countering Oppression by Cultivating Peace, Ray Buckner
- Love Letters to Mother Earth, Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Groundless Path, Santiago Santai Jimenz
- Sacred works of Sandra Cisneros, Sandra Cisneros
2021
- Give Yourself Some Breathing Room, Thich Nhat Hanh
- Strike! Rise! Dance!, bell hooks, Eve Ensler
- Healing America’s Racial Karma, Larry Ward
- Making Friends with Ourselves, Kate Johnson
- It’s OK to Breathe, Angel Kyodo Williams
- Rohini ~ Wandering Star, First Free Women
- Somatic Practices for Healing Trauma, Resmaa Menakem
2020
- On Hope, various authors
- Toward a Worldwide Culture of Love, bell hooks
- Practice of generosity, Maria Rose
- How to be Equanimous in a Racialized World, Ruth King
- I Vow Not to Burn Out, Mushim Patricia Ikeda
- Non-violence and Nonviolence, Kazu Haga
- Fourteen Verses on Meditation, Plum Village
- Discover the Healing Power in Your Heart, Pema Chodran
- Understanding Our Father, Thich Nhat Hanh
- Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child, Thich Nhat Hanh
- Non-Violence and Actions, Various Authors
- True Power, Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodran
- A Zen Master’s Tips for Staying Sane in Challenging Times, Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism
Sangha Resources
- 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
- Gatha for healing racial, systemic, and social inequities
- Faith in Blackness: An Exploration of AfroLatine Spirituality (Note that the program on the video starts at 5:00 minutes. See also on YouTube. Marisela Gomez is one of the panelists, speaking on Buddhism.)
- Beginning Anew (Part 1 | Part 2)
- BBMC Song Sheet
- Community Engagement Guidelines
- Five Contemplations Before Eating
- Contemplations on the Five Mindfulness Trainings: A New Paradigm for Racial Justice and the Global Pandemic
- Five Mindfulness Trainings
- Guidelines for Dharma Sharing
- Touching of the Earth to our Land Ancestors
- Loving Kindness Meditation (Metta)
- Fourteen Verses on Meditation