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A Buddhist Reflection on Racism and White Guilt

A Buddhist Reflection on Racism and White Guilt

FromToward Light: Practical Buddhism for the Modern World


A Buddhist Reflection on Racism and White Guilt

FromToward Light: Practical Buddhism for the Modern World

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Jun 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week, after the death of George Floyd due to racist police brutality, I feel it’s important to talk about racism and anti-racism and share one Buddhist teaching that can help as we work to be anti-racist. For more resources Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist has a recommended reading list.  A few Dharma specific resources: Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens with Jasmine Syedullah, PhD, Mindful of Race by Ruth King, and Awakening Together, The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community by Larry Yang. I read from an essay about the Guardians of the World by Bhikkhu Bodhi. The episode has a period of silence for reflection and meditation and honoring the dead.
Released:
Jun 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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A weekly podcast exploring early Buddhist teachings and how they apply to 21st century life. Kate Spina is trained to share Buddhist teachings in the Theravada lineage. IG: @towardlight108www.towardlight.netinfo@towardlight.netToward Light is committed to continuing the tradition of the Buddha by making Early Buddhist teachings accessible to all who are interested in them. We offer multiple tools to help people cultivate and maintain a meditation practice and a spiritually-oriented life. Toward Light was founded to fill a gap in Early Buddhist meditation offerings, which have often been passed down through patriarchal lineage, and do not always take feminist and 21st century perspectives into account.