Notes on Racism from Occupied Oakland
We don’t become the 99% by declaring it so. We become the 99% by doing the work to heal what has previously divided us.
We don’t become the 99% by declaring it so. We become the 99% by doing the work to heal what has previously divided us.
This dharma talk and meditation on “Oceans of Change” is from December 7, 2021 with Melvin Escobar at Alphabet Sangha at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California. We geek out about our love for musician Tori Amos, and … Continued
I shared some of my own experience of embodying gender in this body, as a Guest Teacher on April 17, 2023 at Access to Zen’s Transcending: Uplifting Trans Buddhist Voices Series. You can hear the talk at Access to … Continued
This dharma talk and meditation on “The Five Precepts of Belonging” is from March 22, 2022 with Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt at Alphabet Sangha of East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California.
Melvin Escobar and I like to dig into some juicy questions around “Healing the Wounds of Christianity” — drawing on both our Buddhist training and drama therapy work with Armand Volkas on Healing the Wounds of History. The more … Continued
I taught Alphabet Sangha at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California on April 13, 2021 on Zoom. Meditation: Letting Go with Mindfulness of the Body Dharma Talk: Cultural Practices for Safety: Renunciation as a Tool to ‘Walk with the … Continued
I spoke for the first time at San Francisco’s LGBTQ Sangha on January 25, 2021 via Zoom. For meditation, I shared Lama Rod Owens‘ Seven Homecomings practice, taking refuge in the three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha that are … Continued