Short teaching by Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams from the Creating Enlightened Society conference in Northern California the “Creating Enlightened Society” gathering hosted by the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham … Angel Kyodo Williams, Founder of the Center for Transformative Change; Jyoti, … Rev Angel Williams speaks of “a truly intimate idea”: …
Where Leadership Lives
We exist in a time in which we are acutely aware of the need for leadership and yet despite the litany of blogs, the avalanche of articles, and the legions of training on leadership, our yearning for consistent, reliable, and plentiful leaders within progressive political and social movements is not quite fulfilled.
Why Is American Buddhism So White?
In this 2011 Buddhadharma Forum, Larry Yang, Amanda Rivera, Bob Agoglia, and Rev. angel Kyodo Williams discuss how to foster meaningful diversity in American Buddhism.
Newdharma Talk | Atonement for Creating Separation
Atonement transcription of a talk given by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams given January 2007 This was first published in the January 2010 issue of transform. All separation ever committed by me On account of my beginningless greed, anger, and ignorance, Born of my body, speech, and mind, Now I atone for it all Let’s talk about that [the Verse of Atonement] just a little bit: “All separation ever committed by me on account of my beginningless—beginningless—greed, anger, and ignorance.”
Leadership Challenges
Rev. angel Kyodo Williams speaks about the challenges leaders should face.
A Significant Act Of Leadership
Rev. angel Kyodo Williams shares about leadership and brings out examples of some good leaders.
What Is Transformative Change?
Rev. angel is a social visionary who sees Transformative Social Change — applying inner awareness practice to broad-based social change — as America's next great movement. She is an early shaper and leading voice in that work and coined the name for the field.
Stilling the Patterns of the Mind
“Your human form took millions of years, millions of years, to be an expression of the universe wanting to be awake to itself. Who are you to deny that responsibility? How could you possibly do anything else? How could you waste your time scratching emotional itches all the time instead of rising to the occasion of what you were born for, to see yourself, you, as the universe, as all consciousness? Recognizing the truth of that is what you’re here for.”
The Six Paramitas
Each of you is here during what is known as the practice period, a 27-day
the period during which people take on the choice effort of fine-tuning their
intentions. Traleg Rinpoche in his Essence of Buddhism includes two chapters on the paramitas and introduces them: “If we want to obtain enlightenment by becoming a Bodhisattva, it is necessary to actualize wisdom and compassion. This is done by the practice of what is called the six paramitas, or ‘transcendental actions.’
Global Oneness – 2007
What do we need to do to make a global shift? Rev. angel Kyodo Williams addresses how separation and individualism are no longer viable options and how the current global crisis creates an opportunity for the shift to happen.