She is the co-founder of Sakyadhita ("Daughters of the Buddha"), the most important international association of Buddhist women, and the founding director of Jamyang Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the education of Himalayan women. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha, circa the 5th century BCE, Buddhism outlines a path of personal spiritual enrichment through meditation and insight. This is the website where Nichiren Buddhism is explained via a Black cultural model. The Black Buddhist History Website Welcome Page . What does it mean to be Black and Buddhist? This book will open your heart." Be cherished, be guided, be elevated, and be transformed by the profound wisdom and compassion of all these authors." This week’s featured authors are Pamela Ayo Yetunde and Cheryl A. Giles. Although Mahayana Buddhism is virtually extinct in India, its philosophical systems, namely the Madhyamaka and Yogacara are still being studied. “There are Black Buddhists who are also in solidarity for Black liberation.” In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. —Charles Johnson, author of Middle Passage and Taming the Ox, "Black and Buddhist represents a seismic shift in sharing Dharma relevant to the breadth of human experience. To do so with Black and Buddhist would be a tremendous disservice. This week’s featured authors are Pamela Ayo Yetunde and Cheryl A. Giles. —Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Change, "The voices of our Black Buddhist sisters and brothers come as a unique gift that, as I hear them, lets me borrow from their courage, wisdom, and enduring hope. Her students learn to make connections between their lives, the books they read, the community leaders they meet, and the larger world. Black and Buddhist grounds meditation in naked truth-telling, showing that awakening to intergenerational rage and trauma liberates from the inside out. Black Buddhist Society is for black people of afro-indigenous decent in the world who are interested in/currently studying and practicing Buddhism. In the last decades of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first century, black Buddhists who came of age during the Civil Rights period became more visible in publishing and teaching. Following in the Buddha's footsteps, Buddhists seek to reach nirvana, or enlightenment, a state of transcendence free from suffering, desire and the cycle of death and rebirth. "Black and Buddhist is a touching book of stories—a collective sharing of communal history, personal lives, and the threads that join us on the path to freedom from suffering. —Larry Yang, author of Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community, "This pioneering book is powerful medicine for the suffering of living in racial caste systems. Continuous new writings from leading Buddhist teachers and New York Times bestselling authors, including: Sharon Salzberg The Dalai Lama Tara Brach Thich Nhat Hahn Pema Chödrön Stephen Batchelor Jack Kornfield Joseph Goldstein. At the first-ever gathering of Buddhist teachers of black African descent, held at New York’s Union Theological Seminary, two panels of leading Buddhist teachers took questions about what it means to be a black Buddhist in America today. Similar authors to follow + + + See more recommendations Something went wrong. —Judith Simmer-Brown, author of Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism, "I am often one who skips over the introductory material and the foreword in a book to dive into the ‘meat’ of its pages. This book is truly a feast—for our minds, and our hearts." We now possess a veritable treasure trove of black Buddhist writing in the form of life-writings, interviews, blogs, magazine articles, and social media outreach focusing on promoting dialogue and raising awareness of the operation of racism within Buddhist communities (McNicholl 2018; Selzer 2011; Smith, Munt, and Yip 2… Dr. Yetunde is a Community Dharma Leader in the Insight Meditation tradition. Dr. Yetunde is a Community Dharma Leader in the Insight Meditation tradition. We are the modern World's 1st Black Sangha. Black and Buddhist edited by Pamela Ayo Yetunde and Cheryl A. 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