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  • Shinshi
    Treeleaf Unsui
    • Jul 2010
    • 3638

    Article: On Buddhism and Blackness

    I ran across this article the other day and thought I would share. The author is a black woman, Valerie Brown, who studied with Thich Nhat Hanh. Her focus is on Mindfullness Meditation, so a little different than us. But I thought it was interesting.

    From the article:

    "For 20 years, Brown had a high-powered career as a lawyer and lobbyist. Then she radically shifted the focus of her attention to Buddhism. She learned at the feet of the Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and was ordained as a mindfulness teacher."

    On Buddhism and Blackness
    Black activism and Buddhist mindfulness share a fascinating history — and future.




    Gassho, Shinshi

    SaT-LaH
    空道 心志 Kudo Shinshi
    There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha way.
    -Dogen
    E84I - JAJ
  • Onka
    Member
    • May 2019
    • 1575

    #2
    An excellent article with some timely reminders. I like the calligraphy of Thich Naht Hahn that Valerie mentions "Are you sure?".
    Thanks for sharing Shinshi.
    Gassho Onka
    st

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    穏 On (Calm)
    火 Ka (Fires)
    They/She.

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    • Geika
      Treeleaf Unsui
      • Jan 2010
      • 4981

      #3
      Thank you, Shinshi, this is a good read.

      Gassho
      Sat today, lah
      求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
      I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

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      • Cooperix
        Member
        • Nov 2013
        • 502

        #4
        Thanks Shinshi,
        I enjoyed this. I love Thich Nhat Hahn's gentle fierceness. ...his engaged Buddhism and word 'inter-being' and Valerie Brown's journey into presence.
        Good piece.

        Bows
        Anne
        ~lahst~

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        • Jundo
          Treeleaf Founder and Priest
          • Apr 2006
          • 40190

          #5
          A lovely teaching. Powerful.

          Gassho, J

          STLah
          ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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          • Jakuden
            Member
            • Jun 2015
            • 6142

            #6
            Very nice and very Thich Nhat Hanh. Thank you Shinshi!

            Gassho,
            Jakuden
            SatToday/LAH

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