Rev. angel Kyodo williams will lead a meditation and discussion on “Radical Dharma: Why Your Liberation Is Bound Up With Mine” for the special Weekly Dharma Gathering at the Shambhala Meditation Center in New York. From their website: “Please join Rev. angel Kyodo williams for a special Weekly Dharma Gathering featuring meditation and a discussion on […]
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Beyond Privilege: a Q&A with angel Kyodo williams
To make diversity real, says Zen teacher angel Kyodo williams, Buddhists must look deep into their own hearts. Brooklyn Zen Center executive director Greg Snyder has spoken of a mind-meld that’s gone on between you and he, and BZC guiding teacher Teah Strozer. Let’s talk about that connection. I’m a New Yorker. I lived in […]
15 Years Later: American Buddhism & Diversity
Being Black author angel Kyodo williams speaks about the evolution of diversity in American Buddhism and her work to promote inclusivity in Buddhism across communities When Being Black came out in 2000, I was chagrined by what I had done. I realized that, out of my love and appreciation for the dharma, I issued this […]
How to Lead Like a Spiritual Warrior An Interview With angel Kyodo williams
An Interview With angel Kyodo williams Zen teacher, activist, and author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace angel Kyodo williams says we can be the kind of leaders that reduce burdens not create them. Omega: To be a spiritual warrior—an archetype in all traditions—you’ve said we need to […]
Threading Anger Through Love
angel Kyodo williams, Zen teacher, activist, and author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace, describes how we can practice shifting anger from a destructive to a generative force. Anger is capable of pointing us back to love. It arises as a result of an offense to what we […]