The Experience of Diversity in American Buddhism

Posted by Reflections on Buddhism | Nov 15, 2020 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Reflections on Buddhism | 0

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Many Buddhist centers in the United States have a membership that is mostly white, middle-class and heteronormative. What are the experiences of Buddhist students who identify as BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ in these spaces? We will be joined for this episode by two special guests who are Buddhist students and also leaders in their Buddhist communities, Leilani-Kali Rivers who is a student and Board member at Shantideva Center in Brooklyn, and Christian Howard who is a student and teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, and a teacher of Cultivating Emotional Balance.

Featuring Ven Tenzin Chogkyi, Leilani-Kali Rivers, Christian Howard and Patrick McGinn (host).

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Reflections on Buddhism is a monthly show featuring Venerable Tenzin Chogkyi (she/her/hers), a Buddhist monastic, activist and teacher of both Buddhist and secular programs. The show bridges the worlds of Buddhist thought, current events, and the latest research in the field of positive psychology.