Dharma readings shared during bi-monthly activist and POC gatherings:
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Reading and sharing of The Five Contemplations
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Transformation and Healing (2013) by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Poetry is not a Luxury (1977) by Audre Lorde
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All About Love (2001) by bell hooks
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Together We Are One: Honoring Our Diversity, Celebrating Our Connection (2010) by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Angulimala: A Murder’s Road to Sainthood in Great Disciples of the Buddha (2003) by Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Heckler
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#nonviolencenow! (2015) by Alycee J. Lane
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Easter, a Revolutionary Holiday (2014) in Ebony Magazine by Marc Lamont Hill
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Death of a King (2014) by Tavis Smiley
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Poem: Froglessness by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Taming the Ox (2014) by Charles Johnson
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Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh Interview (2000) by bell hooks
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Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1999) by Gloria Anzaldua
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The Fifth Agreement (2011) by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz
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Transcription of Racial Justice Talk by Victoria Mausisa, NorCal Sangha Facilitators, July 2015
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The Man-made Obstacle: Distinguishing between problems of human birth and problems of human making by Rita M. Gross in Tricycle Magazine, Summer 2014
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Healing the Broken Body of Sangha by Ruth King in Buddhadharma Magazine, Summer 2016
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Where Will You Stand? by Rev angel Kyodo Williams in Buddhadharma Magazine, Summer 2016
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Loosening the Knots of Anger by Thich Nhat Hanh in Lion’s Roar, May 2016
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Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm (2012) by Thich Nhat Hanh
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We’re Not Who You Think We Are by Chenxing Han in Buddhadharma Magazine, Summer 2016
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What Does Model Minority Demand by Soya Jung posted on www.racefiles.com, Dec 2014
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Rev. Dr. William Barber II addresses the 2016 Democratic National Convention by Leslie Salzillo, July 2016
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A million hoodies, a million hearts: metta behind the movement for trayvon martin by dhamma mama, March 2012
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No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering (2014) by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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“If You Plant Corn, You Get Corn”: On Mindfulness and Racial Justice in Florida and Beyond by Rhonda V. Magee, April 2016
Join Us!
Bi-monthly meetings for people of color
1st and 3rd Sundays 3:00 – 5:00PM
Bi-monthly meetings for social activists
2nd and 4th Sundays 3:00 – 5:00PM
Location: 2100 East Madison Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, 3rd floor, St. Wenceslaus Church Hall
Thank you so much for including my piece, “a million hoodies, a million hearts: metta behind the movement for trayvon martin,” on your list! I haven’t read it since then and am absolutely astonished to be cycling through similar feelings and practices 4 years later in the face of relentless hate.
My recent writings on spirituality and social justice can be found on 3jewelsyoga.com. Bowing to you, dharma friends!