Where Will You Stand? by Rev. angel Kyodo williams| August 18, 2017 If we are to uphold the dharma, says Rev. angel Kyodo williams, we must stand up to racism and expose its institutionalized forms—even in our Buddhist communities.
Wonderings / Wanderings
Dharma readings shared during bi-monthly activist and POC gatherings: I Vow Not to Burn Out by Mushim Patricia Ikeda in Lion’s Roar, November 2017 My Sister’s Simple and Profound Death Meditation by Sebene Selassie “Mindfulness and the Beloved Community” from Taming the Ox (2014) by Charles Johnson Think, Care, Act: Teaching […]
2017 List of Selected Readings/Resources | BBMC Dharma sharing
MIND & BODY article | Greater Good Magazine: Science based Insights for a Meaningful Life | Three Ways Mindfulness Can Make You Less Biased Cognitive biases may be partly to blame for prejudice, and research suggests that mindfulness can help us correct them. | By Jill Suttie | May 15, […]
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Podcast episode from ON BEING with Krista Tippett | May 25, 2017 | The Spiritual Work of Black Lives Matter *Black Lives Matter co-founder and artist Patrisse Cullors presents a luminous vision of the spiritual core of Black Lives Matter and a resilient world in the making. She joins Dr. […]
LISTEN- The Spiritual Work of Black Lives Matter
Sharing this video as an invitation to discuss race and other forms of injustice in our spiritual communities. Blue Cliff Monastery | Order of Interbeing retreat workshop facilitated by Sr Hai An and Marisela Gomez (1:16:45) Published on Apr 22, 2017 ARISE workshop – Engaging with skill and inclusivity. Awakening […]
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It’s Not About Love Afterall | angel Kyodo williams | TEDxWashingtonSquare Published on Jan 25, 2017 This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Rev. angel Kyodo williams notes, “Love and Justice are not two. Without inner change, […]
VIEW- It’s Not About Love Afterall (20:13)
Overcoming Racism for Individual and Collective Wellbeing | Marisela Gomez | TEDxWashingtonSquare Published on Apr 6, 2017 This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Dr. Marisela Gomez speaks about the innovation of waking up: what is necessary […]
VIEW- Overcoming Racism for Individual and Collective Wellbeing (15:20)
ARISE, an international community of practitioners in the Plum Village tradition, is dedicated to looking deeply at racial and social inequity and to transforming this suffering into compassion, understanding, and love in action. We offer this gatha to deepen our collective understanding and commitment to true peace at this time […]
Statement from ARISE Sangha (Awakening through Race, Intersectionality, and Social ...
Did you know a member of our beloved Baltimore and Beyond community is also a blogger for the Huffington Post? In addition to writing about mindfulness for the Huffington Post, Marisela Gomez, MD, PhD, is a community activist in Baltimore, author of Race, Class, Power, and Organizing in East Baltimore and […]
Marisela Gomez, Mindfulness and the Huffington Post
1 Dharma readings shared during bi-monthly activist and POC gatherings: Reading and sharing of The Five Contemplations Transformation and Healing (2013) by Thich Nhat Hanh Poetry is not a Luxury (1977) by Audre Lorde All About Love (2001) by bell hooks Together We Are One: Honoring Our Diversity, Celebrating Our Connection […]