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Indeed, the volume makes the case that given their experiences with racism―both in the larger society and also within largely white-oriented Buddhist organizations―Black cultural frameworks are necessary for illuminating the Buddha’s wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on interviews with forty Black Buddhist teachers and practitioners, Vesely-Flad argues that Buddhist teachings, through their focus on healing intergenerational trauma, provide a vitally important foundation for achieving Black liberation. She shows that Buddhist teachings as practiced by Black Americans emphasize different aspects of the religion than do those in white convert Buddhist communities, focusing more on devotional practices to ancestors and community uplift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes discussions of the Black Power movement, the Black feminist movement, and the Black prophetic tradition. 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This unique volume shows the importance of Black Buddhist teachers’ insights into Buddhist wisdom, and how they align Buddhism with Black radical teachings, helping to pull Buddhism away from dominant white cultural norms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback, 344 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42645585232038,"sku":"B-BLACKRAD","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/71GL5LXBYgL.jpg?v=1739048537"},{"product_id":"copy-of-my-grandmothers-hands-racialized-trauma-and-the-pathway-to-mending-our-hearts-and-bodies-1","title":"The Quaking of America","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Embodied Guide to Navigating our Nation's Upheval and Racial Reckoning, by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMy Grandmother's Hands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e surveys America's deteriorating democracy and offers embodied practices to help us protect ourselves and our country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"All of us need to read this book—and then act on it.”—Angela Rye, NPR political analyst and former CNN commentator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Resmaa Menakem is one of our country's most gifted racial healers. 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This book can help prepare us—and possibly prevent further destruction. This preparation focuses not on strategy or politics, but on practices that can help us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuild presence and discernment in our bodies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSettle our bodies during the heat of conflict\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaintain our safety, sanity, and stability in dangerous situations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeal our personal and collective racialized trauma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePractice embodied social action\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003etoward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e instead of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e one another\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eQuaking of America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a unique and perfectly timed guide to help us navigate our widespread upheaval and build an antiracist culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback 384 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664696086694,"sku":"B-QUAKING","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/81UHEuOMSwL.jpg?v=1739048534"},{"product_id":"transcending-trnas-buddhist-voices","title":"Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited by Kevin Manders \u0026amp; Elizabeth Marston.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003ecompelling collection of the many voices and experiences of trans, genderqueer, and nonbinary Buddhists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTranscending \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrings together more than thirty contributors from both the Mahayana and Theravada traditions to present a vision for a truly inclusive trans Buddhist sangha in the twenty-first century. Shining a light on a new generation of Buddhist role models, this book gives voice to those who have long been marginalized within the Buddhist world and society at large. While trans, genderqueer, and nonbinary practitioners have experienced empowerment and healing through their commitment to the Buddha, dharma, and sangha, they also share their experiences of isolation, transphobia, and aggression. In this diverse collection we hear the firsthand accounts, thoughts, and reflections of trans Buddhists from a variety of different lineages in an open invitation for all Buddhists to bring the issue of gender identity into the sangha, into the discourse, and onto the cushion. Only by doing so can we develop insight into our circumstances and grasp our true, essential nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback 296 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42745485328550,"sku":"B-TRANSCENDING","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/1623174155.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500.jpg?v=1739048534"},{"product_id":"hope-leans-forward","title":"Hope Leans Forward: Braving Your Way toward Simplicity, Awakening, and Peace","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9781611806694 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" target-height=\"538.469\" height-fold=\"377\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBy Valerie Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaily we are asked to move toward bravery, to stretch in the direction of goodness, kindness, forgiveness, patience, and vulnerability. Yet life's tender fragility, fear, anxiety, and our own practiced self-sabotage can derail us from growing and thriving, leaving us fractured and afraid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuddhist teacher and Quaker Valerie Brown invites us into the heart of compassion, insight, and courage. Filled with Quaker wisdom, mindfulness meditation practices, and portraits of real people living out simple yet life-affirming bravery, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHope Leans Forwar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ed is a guidebook for all of us who are on journeys of self-transformation, self-discovery, and spiritual discernment. Centering small, everyday acts of bravery with diverse stories from marginalized communities, Brown's unique perspective as a Black Buddhist Dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition and her extensive leadership experience shepherd us in navigating life's essential questions to discover true aliveness and meaning. 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Activist, counselor, and Buddhist teacher Ayo Yetunde creatively unpacks this condition through the metaphor of Indra’s Net—a universal net in which all beings reflect each other like jewels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe offers a practice path that acknowledges our deep challenges—challenges that increasingly give rise to the temptation of group violence, which she calls \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emobbery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—while showing exactly how we can still listen, learn, and heal together. Drawing inspiration from the Black liberation tradition and from stories from various religions, Yetunde recasts Indra’s Net as the network in which we all have the choice either to succumb to our impulses toward division and brutality or renew our civility and love for each other. The more than 20 practices in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCasting Indra’s Net\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einclude: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive commitments for healthy, nonviolent living \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuided contemplation to water the seeds of your spiritual potential \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Mirroring” and “twinning” other people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTonglen (receiving and releasing) and lovingkindness meditations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAffirmations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003ePaperback, 240 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44084980744358,"sku":"B-CASTING","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/files\/B-CASTINGcover_bab1a65d-c602-42f7-a2ea-226672e5be91.jpg?v=1739048453"},{"product_id":"together-we-are-one","title":"Together We Are One","description":"\u003cp\u003eHonoring Our Diversity, Celebrating Our Connection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Thich Nhat Hanh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBased on four retreats that Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh led specifically for people of color, this book is for people of all colors, backgrounds, and experiences who have ever felt excluded or alienated, or anyone concerned with issues of social justice. Although\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTogether We Are One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis based on teachings given to Buddhist practitioners of color, readers of all backgrounds and walks of life will find it an inspirational and practical guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn chapters focusing on honoring our ancestors, developing understanding and compassion, and seeing the world in terms of interbeing, Nhat Hanh shows how meditation and the practice of looking deeply can help create a sense of wholeness and connectedness with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eChapters are interspersed with mindfulness practice exercises and the personal stories of skilled writers, such as Larry Ward (author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove’s Garden\u003c\/i\u003e), Sister Chan Khong (author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLearning True Love\u003c\/i\u003e), and Rev. 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Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/plumvillage.org\/\"\u003ePlum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. 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It asks into the ways we can live well and maintain our wholeness in an era of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ecollective acceleration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: the swiftly moving current, fed and shaped by human actions, that sweeps us toward ever uncertain futures. Grounded in Zen Buddhism, interconnection, and decades of community activism, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWhen No Thing Works\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores questions like:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs we stand at a threshold of collective change, what leaps must we make?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow can we push through discord and polarization and meet these critical changepoints collectively?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat practices, strategies, and spiritualities can align to vision a sustainable future for our communities and descendents?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow can we step out of urgency to tend to our crises with wisdom, intention, and care?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith wise and witty prose that wanders and turns, guides and reveals, Zen master and Indigenous Hawaiian leader Rōshi Norma Wong’s meditation holds our collective moment with gravity and tender care. She asks us to not only imagine but to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003elive into\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a story beyond crisis and collapse—one that expands to meet our dreams of what (we hope) comes next, while facing with clarity and grace our here and now in the world we share today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093283262630,"sku":"B-WHEN-NO-THING","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/files\/WhenNoThingWorksCover.jpg?v=1739048252"},{"product_id":"the-fire-inside","title":"The Fire Inside","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Dr. Rima Vesley-Flad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack, queer, feminist, Buddhist:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fire Inside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecasts a fresh new light on the radical literary legacies of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes meditation exercises\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Fire Inside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores the writings of Audre Lorde and James Baldwin through a Dharmic lens, revealing for the first time how two of America’s greatest literary voices reflect—and expand—Buddhism’s most timeless truths toward justice and liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Rima Vesely-Flad dives deeply into a dharma of liberation as lived by Baldwin and Lorde, offering timely lessons to help us each meet this moment. She explores the writers’ enduring legacies to show that liberation depends not only on organizing and mass movements, but the generative power of inner well-being, authenticity, art, and embodiment.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 208 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56068796055718,"sku":"B-FIREIN","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/files\/flad.jpg?v=1767548808"}],"url":"https:\/\/monasterystore.org\/collections\/social-environmental-action\/books.oembed","provider":"The Monastery Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}