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Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative American Buddhism.
What does it mean to be Black and Buddhist? In this powerful collection of writings, African American teachers from all the major Buddhist traditions tell their stories of how race and Buddhist practice have intersected in their lives. The resulting explorations display not only the promise of Buddhist teachings to empower those facing racial discrimination but also the way that Black Buddhist voices are enriching the Dharma for all practitioners. As the first anthology comprised solely of writings by African-descended Buddhist practitioners, this book is an important contribution to the development of the Dharma in the West.
With contributions by Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, Cheryl A. Giles, Gyozan Royce Andrew Johnson, Ruth King, Kamilah Majied, Lama Rod Owens, Lama Dawa Tarchin Phillips, Sebene Selassie, and Pamela Ayo Yetunde.
Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom, Cheryl A. Giles and Pamela Ayo Yetunde (editors), Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 189 Pages, $19.95
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CONTENTS: Black and Buddhist
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In Honor of George Floyd
ix
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Foreword by Gaylon Ferguson
xvii
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Acknowledgments
xxix
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Editors' Introduction
1
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1. THEY SAY THE PEOPLE COULD FLY
Disrupting the Legacy of Sexual Violence
through Myth, Memory, and Connection
by Cheryl A. Giles
25
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2. THE DHARMA OF TRAUMA
Blackness, Buddhism, and Transhistorical Trauma
Narrated through Three Ayahuasca Ceremonies
by Lama Rod Owens
44
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3. TURNING TOWARD MYSELF
by Sebene Selassie
65
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4. BELONGING
by Lama Dawa Tarchin Phillips
82
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5. VOLUNTARY SEGREGATION
The Paradox, Promise, and Peril of People of Color Sangha
by Pamela Ayo Yetunde
97
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6. FROM BUTCHER TO ZEN PRIEST
Radical Transformation through Bloodletting
by Gyozan Royce Andrew Johnson with Pamela Ayo Yetunde
119
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7. ON BEING LAILAH'S DAUGHTER
Blessons from Umieversity on Actualizing Enlightenment
by Kamilah Majied
137
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8. WHOLENESS IS NO TRIFLING MATTER
Race, Faith, and Refuge
by Ruth King
150
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Conclusion
175
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Notes
179
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About the Editors
185
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Contributor Bios
187
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