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"Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy."--Audre Lorde

Below is a complete copy of "Making the Invisible Visible" which was a booklet collected and edited by a community group of practitioners, of which I was privileged to be a part. Our original purpose was to present stories and life experiences of practitioners of color to the Teachers of Buddhism in the West Conference held at Spirit Rock in June of 2002. His Holiness the Dalai Lama was in attendance and was presented a copy of this document.

In addition below are several chapters that I have written in books about dharma practice and as it impacts various aspects of multiculturalism and diversity.

The last selection is a recent article on the state of Racial Diversity of Buddhism in the United States developed at the Pluralism Project of Harvard Univerisity.

Click on the caption descriptions to access the documents in .PDF format.


 

 


Making the Invisible Visible: Healing Racism in Our Buddhist Communities

 

 


"Directing the Mind Towards Practices in Diversity" in Friends on the Path: Living Spiritual Communities, by Thich Nhat Hanh, compiled by Jack Lawlor, Parallax Press, 2002

 

 


"Family Tree Practice" in “Will Yoga and Meditation Really Change My Life?” edited by Stephen Cope, October, 2003, Storey Publishing

 

 


"Staying on Your Seat: the Practice of Right Concentration" in "Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism" edited by Ryumon Hilda Gutierez Baldoquin, Parallax Press, 2005



 


"Racial Diversity in Buddhism in the U.S." by Kate Dugan & Hilary Bogert of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University, 2006