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From Radical Dharma to All About Love, a Look at Queer Black Buddhist Perspectives on Spiritual Practice in Contemporary Texts

By Chintan Girish Modi — 2020

Several queer Black Buddhist authors have showed me how spiritual practice can be a liberating force in the face of challenges as huge as racism, sexism and queerphobia.

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How to Cultivate Equanimity Regardless of Your Circumstances

A calm mind and even temper can help make peace with life’s difficulties.

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Toni Bernhard
2011
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Rest in the Sky of Natural Mind

The tantric path of Buddhism is complex and arduous, but its surprising culmination is the practice of spaciousness, ease, and simplicity known as Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
2007
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Lasting Happiness

It’s surprisingly easy to achieve lasting happiness — we just have to understand our own basic nature. The hard part, says Mingyur Rinpoche, is getting over our bad habit of seeking happiness in transient experiences.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
2012
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You Already Have What You’re Looking For

For Lion’s Roar’s 40th anniversary, we’re looking ahead at Buddhism’s next 40 years. In our March 2019 issue, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares what he feels is the most helpful message Buddhism can offer in coming decades.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
2019
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Yoga as a Peace Practice: A Curriculum for Our Times

Yoga As A Peace Practice teaches ancient contemplative practices of yoga to help individuals impacted by violence improve their wellbeing and move toward self-love and wholeness

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Jana Long
2017
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Black Yoga Teacher's Alliance (BYTA): Jana Long on the Yoga as a Peace Practice Program

Yoga U contributing writer Lacey Gibson Ramirez speaks with Jana Long on her yoga journey and her leadership of Black Yoga Teachers Alliance.

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Lacey Gibson
2020
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Why My 8,000 Mile Walk to Meet Martin Luther King Was Worth It

Satish Kumar walked 8,000 miles to spread the message of peace around the world. Here he gives his recipe for a better world.

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Satish Kumar
2014
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Coping; a Zen Priest and the Art of Black Serenity

Ms. Williams's book . . . is more than just a paean to Buddhism. It is also a call for black Americans to look inward

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Felicia R. Lee
2000
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