Lama Rod Owens says protesting is a spiritual act that engages the practitioner’s body, speech, and mind in service to others. But many Buddhists are resistant to resistance.
Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens on why Buddhist community members must confront and deal with ethical misconduct, and how to do it.
Buddhist teacher Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin gets personal with the Lion’s Roar readership.
How mindfulness has helped Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens live as a Black queer man in America.
One element of Justin Simien’s identity isn’t obvious in his new Netflix hit: Buddhism. But it’s there.
bell hooks meets with Thich Nhat Hanh to ask: how do we build a community of love?
Lama Rod Owens, center, with colleagues at Harvard Divinity School's second Buddhism and Race Conference.We spoke with Lama Rod Owens, one of the organizers and presenters at the Third Buddhism and Race Conference at Harvard, about this year’s conference.
For bell hooks, fighting oppression doesn’t require anger or conflict—just opening our hearts and speaking the truth fearlessly.
Ruth King presents five ways we can address racial ignorance and division to help ourselves and our sanghas become whole.
Rev. angel Kyodo williams shares why the incoming US administration provides a great opportunity for activists to come together, take action, and create a new vision for a more inclusive country.
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