Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

Our Traditions Can—and Must—Change

ome traditions in the Buddhist world seem hopelessly out of touch—and that can sometimes leave us, as Buddhist practitioners, feeling powerless. I have struggled with my own lineage, especially in relationship to the work that needs to be done to confront racism, sexism, patriarchy, ableism, whiteness, and all of

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