Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611808650
• ISBN13: 9781611808650
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.2"