Who Was the Buddha?; Asian American and Black Buddhist Teachers on Racial Solidarity; You’re Perfect As You Are

 

07.13.2021

Who Was the Buddha? “Buddha” means “one who is awake.” The Buddha who lived 2,600 years ago was not a god. He was an ordinary person, named Siddhartha Gautama, whose profound insights inspired the world.

Asian American and Black Buddhist Teachers Reflect on Racial Solidarity This past year has seen a disturbing rise in anti-Asian violence across the United States, while the Black Lives Matter movement, particularly following George Floyd’s death, has given America a profound racial reckoning. In this piece, three Asian American and Black Buddhist teachers reflect on healing, solidarity, and how Buddhists of color can work together for greater racial justice.

Buddhanature: You’re Perfect As You Are Why feel bad about yourself when you are naturally aware, loving, and wise? Mingyur Rinpoche explains how to see past the temporary stuff and discover your own buddhanature.

Behind “the Global Goenka” Lauren Leve reviews S. N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight (Shambhala Publications, 2020), by Daniel M. Stuart in the Summer 2021 issue of Buddhadharma.

El problema con los problemas Entre más crecemos en nuestra habilidad para manejar nuestras propias dificultades, más conscientes somos de que no podemos resolver los problemas de nuestros familiares y amigos. Pero, dice Judy Lief, podemos aprender a estar uno con otro tal y como estamos. Read “The Problem With Problems” by Judy Lief in English here.

Harvard’s Buddhism and Race Conference Experiences a Radical Re-Orientation Lion’s Roar speaks with the co-organizers of Harvard University’s Buddhism and Race Conference, discussing the “Radical Re-Orientation Speaker Series,” in which Buddhist authors and teachers share talks on issues of race, identity, and power. Introduction by Pamela Ayo Yetunde.

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Changing Your Brain with Rick Hanson Rick Hanson, psychologist and author of Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness shows Lion’s Roar’s Chris Pacheco how to use your mind to change your brain for the better.