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Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners5 Ways to Respond to the Cries of the World (aka Activism from Giving) with Rev. Liên ShuttThe 5 Ways of "a superior person's gift" are (as ordered in this talk): right time, respectfully, with a generous heart, without denigration, & out of faith. Given the heart-breaking events in the US this week, ODA will present a series of offerings from both hosts, Rev. Liên Shutt & Rev. Dana Takagi.This episode is from a talk at Access to Zen, Rev. Liên's sangha. Video of talk & other references can be found on the Dharma Talk page at AccessToZen.orgRev. Dana's commentaries will drop in 1-week. We'll then offer more responses; for...
2026-01-2833 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersAsian American Feminist Buddhists: Undefined! with Prof. Sharon Suh & Rev. Syd YangJoin us for this embodied & inclusive-focused discussion! It'll leave you wanting more so go out and get Emergent Dharma: Asian American Feminist Buddhist on Practice, Identity, and Resistance!Guest:Sharon A. Suh is Professor of Buddhism and Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship and Strategic Initiatives at Seattle University. She is author of Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple (University of Washington Press, 2004), Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (Bloomsbury Press, 2015), Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (Sumeru Press, 2019), and editor/author...
2026-01-0655 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners"How Am I Going to Serve My Purpose Today?" with Eunji SonFind out a bit more about Eunji Son, Access to Zen's (A2Z) part-time admin and all-the-time SUPPORT for us all who practice or engage with any A2Z events or digital content. Hear how her own practice and spiritual journey has taken her far, wide -- and deep!GUEST:EUNJI SON is based in South Korea, evolving her relationship with ancestral land, and practicing as a photo collage and mixed media artist. She works behind the scenes at A2Z and ODA as a part-time assistant. CONTACT:
2025-11-0456 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersLife Aching for Itself: Zazen & Working with Difficult Emotions"Practice" part of convo between Siddhesh Mukerji & Rev. Liên.GUEST:SIDDHESH MUKERJI (he/him) is a Zen practitioner and a scholar of engaged Buddhism and Buddhist social work. He was born in India, grew up in the United States, and currently lives in Ireland.HOST:REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Ze...
2025-10-2316 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersBuddhism as Engaged & Political with Siddhesh MukerjiTune in to this soulful conversation between Siddhesh Mukerji and Rev. Liên on the intersections of Engaged Buddhism & Buddhist Social Work. GUEST:SIDDHESH MUKERJI (he/him) is a Zen practitioner and a scholar of engaged Buddhism and Buddhist social work. He was born in India, grew up in the United States, and currently lives in Ireland.Siddhesh writes and does research on social work and engaged Buddhism.HOST:REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the mov...
2025-10-0728 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMorning Chant, guided meditation, and Offering of Merit (Ékoku) w/ Judy Yushin NakatomiJudy Nakatomi shares meditative offerings: Morning Chant from the Plum Village Tradition, guided meditation, and an Offering of Merit from the Shin Tradition in Japanese (Ékoku). The recording of bird sounds was made by Judy at Plum Village. Listen to her full interview with Rev. Liên to hear about Judy's experience with biculturality and the complexity and beauty of practicing Buddhism across traditions. GUEST:JUDY YUSHIN NAKATOMI (she/we) is a mother, partner, auntie, writer and community cultivator, nurturing BIPOC sangha. past work/life as t...
2025-09-1611 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersBelonging to Zen, Belonging to Shin: Two Traditions, One Engaged Heart w/ Judy Yushin NakatomiJudy Yushin Nakatomi talks about her practice in the Zen and Shin traditions. She also discusses how she is practicing with her Bodhisattva vows through engaging with the current internment of minority people, while practicing awareness of her own family's history with war wounds. Judy and Rev Liên share with each other some of the nuances of having or not having access to ancestral languages and culture, and how they navigate being Asian American Buddhist practitioners in the United States. People/Organizations mentioned in the episode:Dr. Satsuki Ina Dr...
2025-09-0241 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersHow Thinking Drives Our Beliefs & Actions: with Rev. LiênBuddhist teachings on how we have been conditioned to interpret raw data; which then drives us to behave. -- An excerpt from Rev. Liên's book, Home is Here, to accompany Professor Michael Omi's in-depth interview on racial formation this month.REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the ne...
2025-08-1909 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersThe Struggle to Construct Racial Meaning with Michael OmiProfessor Michael Omi joins Rev. Dana to help us contextualize the current climate of racial formation, namely the propagation of a far-right ideology of an oppressed white race, in a much longer history of constant changing in definitions of and associations with racial identities. In Buddhist terms, we can see the theory that Michael co-developed contains an essential Buddhist perspective, namely that of Mental Formations. Stay tuned later this month for a practice offering from Rev. Liên!Michael Omi (he/him/his) is Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at the University o...
2025-08-0539 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFLet Go and Let God? - Liên ShuttHow does a Buddhist make use of the aphorism "Let go and let God?"Liên Shutt shares a deeply personal and reflective talk centered around the phrase "Let Go and Let God," inspired by a cross-stitch left by her adoptive mother. Drawing from both her Buddhist and Christian influences, Liên explores how this phrase bridges her upbringing with her Zen practice. She reflects on the pain and insight of not resonating with Christianity while appreciating how her mother's deep faith comforted her.Liên uses this as a springboard to...
2025-05-1255 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersGrow Up in the Dharma with Mushim Patricia IkedaSecular & Buddhist teacher Mushim Patricia Ikeda in convo with Rev. Liên on how mature practice can help us deal with the current conditions of our world.GUESTMushim Patricia Ikeda is an internationally-known secular mindfulness and Buddhist teacher working primarily with justice activists and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) meditation practitioners and with people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. A core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California, she is an author whose writing has been published in Lion's Roar, Tricycle, Buddhadharma and various anthologies. Mushim w...
2025-05-0654 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSeason 4 Premiere: Engaged Asian American/Asian Diaspora Buddhism for Our TimesIn the season 4 premiere, Rev. Liên Shutt and Rev. Dana Takagi discuss the need to continue to forward Asian American and Asian Diaspora Buddhist voices in these tumultuous times. Thank you to everyone who has listened so far, and continue to tune in!It's not too late to take our listener survey! Respond by March 21st and get access to an exclusive meditation recording by Rev. Liên: "Tenderhearted Buddhas for these Times".
2025-03-1828 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSeason 3 Compilation - A Beautiful Web of Asian Heritage BuddhistsOn season 3, we co-created and witnessed an amazing example of how the Net of Indra weaves and connects. We heard from 13 Buddhist practitioners and teachers of Asian American or Asian Diaspora heritage, and in their own words, spoke to what the AA/AD Buddhist experience is for them. Season 3 is officially a wrap! Thank you to everyone who listened with us, and we hope you join us for more Asian American/Asian Diaspora forwarding conversations and offerings in season 4. Full list of guests, and their featured episodes, in order:Co-hosts Rev. Liên Shu...
2025-03-0413 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMeditation on Safety with Rev. Liên ShuttMeditation to find stability in the midst of current threats in our world: nationally, world-wide, and with climate justice. -- Given at EBMC BIPOC SanghaREV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome to Asian Americans, all BIPOC, L...
2025-02-1120 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersTalk: Healing in Time & Space with Rev. Liên ShuttHello, listeners of Opening Dharma Access, for February, we're doing things a little bit different by offering you some meditations and Dharma talks on current conditions as 2025 brings to the United States a whole bunch of difficult circumstances: the L.A. fires; the inauguration.NOTE: This talk was given at a BIPOC group, addressing specific fears & issues of people of color in extremely challenging U.S. political and social justice contexts. May it be for the benefit of all beings. REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in th...
2025-02-0434 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersInauguration Healing Space with Rev. Liên ShuttAs today marks a disturbing time for many of us, I offered a Healing Space today at the same time as the swearing in. It was informal and my aim was to offering 3 aspects of healing: Acknowledging what is with tools we've learned from Buddhism and practice. Second, to attend to the impacts of hurt and harm in ourselves & with each other. Third, committing to enacting qualities and ways we can stay connected and thrive in the net of life which includes us all.Host:REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a...
2025-01-2026 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersEco-Dharma Care with Ram AppalarajuWhat does "caring" really mean? Listen in on this fascinating conversation on Nature, Dharma & Caring for self and the Earth between Ram Appalaraju and Host Rev. Liên Shutt.RAM APPALARAJU was brought up as a Hindu and has been on a spiritual path since the 90's, first studying Vedanta and pursuing Buddhism since 2012. After years of practice he chose to pursue a path of service and became a chaplain focused on Ecology as well as supporting marginalized people in prisons and homeless shelters. He is now one on the faculty of Sati Center for Bu...
2025-01-0756 min
Paths of Practice: Conversations on Journeys into BuddhismPaths of Practice with Rev. Liên ShuttRev. Liên Shutt is an ordained Soto Zen priest and Dharma teacher in the tradition of Shunryū Suzuki Roshi. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, Rev. Liên trained in the Insight and Zen traditions in the U.S., Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. Rev. Liên co-founded Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the founder and guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the San Francisco Bay Area (AccessToZen.org). Rev. Liên is also the co-host of the podcast, Opening Dharma Access, and the author of Home Is Here: Pract...
2024-12-071h 02
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersInsight Dialogue & Further Relationality with Yenkuei ChuangYenkeui Chuang & Rev. Liên dialogue on some "edges" of "Diasporic Asian Americans," overseas Asian practices, and then Insight Dialogue. Yenkeui shares fascinating details of the interconnections from all the different traditions she's practiced in. Come listen!YENKUEI CHUANG was born a Taiwanese girl before she became an American woman. As a licensed psychologist, somatics and mindfulness teacher, she is passionate about helping people heal and find freedom, belonging, and power in the richness of their intersectional identities. Yenkuei loves to eat, cook, dance, do nothing and everything.IG handle: yenkueichuang
2024-11-0545 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersConnection is Vital: A Re-Visit with Bo Hee Moon (+Finished version of poem!)Rev. Liên Shutt and Bo Hee Moon continue their conversation on Asian American diasporic identity, and Bo Hee reads the finished version of her poem "Meeting with my Asian Sangha Tonight."Read the poem here!Guest:BO HEE MOON was adopted at three-months-old from South Korea. Her poems have appeared in AGNI, Poetry, swamp pink, and others. Omma, Sea of Joy and Other Astrological Signs, published by Tinderbox Editions, is her debut collection of poems. She previously published under a different name.Read Bo Hee's O...
2024-09-1716 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners"Meeting with my Asian Sangha Tonight" with Poet Bo Hee MoonListen in to hear how Bo Hee Moon was inspired by practice in the 3-month course "Lotus Rising from Mud: A Path for Anti-Asian American Restoration. Guest:BO HEE MOON was adopted at three-months-old from South Korea. Her poems have appeared in AGNI, Poetry, swamp pink, and others. Omma, Sea of Joy and Other Astrological Signs, published by Tinderbox Editions, is her debut collection of poems. She previously published under a different name.Connect with Bo at:BoHeeMoon.comAfterlives: An AGNI Portfolio of Asian Adoptee...
2024-09-0331 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners"Silence is Not the Way" with Professor Sharon SuhA layered and engaging discussion with Prof. Sharon Suh on what "Asian American Buddhism can be defined as; including the refusal to be silenced.Guest:SHARON SUH is professor of Buddhism at Seattle University and author of Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community (2004); Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (2015); and Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (2019). She focuses on racialized trauma experienced by people of color and emphasizes the importance of embodiment. She's also President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women. Her upcoming...
2024-07-0244 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFGay Pride and Our Ordinary Life - Liên ShuttCan we find meaning and pride in our ordinary lives? In this talk, Liên Shutt contrasts the extravagant events in our lives with the everyday moments and asks us to consider if we can drop our expectations of how things should be and instead allow them to exist just as they are. This is the definition of Buddhist wisdom or Prajña, which translates as "knowledge of things as they are."She quotes Sekkei Harada Roshi in "The Essence of Zen:""Things that we can see and hear do...
2024-06-2357 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersBodhi Leaves: The Asian American Buddhist Monthly Co-Associate Editors Mihiri Tillakaratne and Noel AlumitIn this rich and joyful conversation, Rev. Liên and Rev. Dana talk with Mihiri Tillakaratne and Noel Alumit, the co-founders and co-associate editors of Bodhi Leaves: The Asian American Buddhist Monthly at Lion's Roar. Bodhi Leaves is the first published series of its kind, highlighting and focusing on the experiences and perspectives of Asian American Buddhist practitioners. We learn about Mihiri and Noel's views on their own identities and spiritual backgrounds, as well as about how Bodhi Leaves got started and visions for its future. MIHIRI TILLAKARATNE (she/her) is an associate e...
2024-05-2146 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersRev. Liên's 2024 May We Gather Dharma Message: Stewarding the Net of IndraThis is the audio of a recording of Rev. Liên's dharma message at May We Gather 2024: A National Buddhist Pilgrimage for Asian American Buddhists, in Antioch, California. You can also watch the video here. Find out more about May We Gather. Listen to Rev's interview with the co-organizers, Funie Hsu, Chenxing Han and Duncan Ryūken Williams. Also check out the full event summary, either in audio or video form. REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to wel...
2024-05-1409 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSummary of May We Gather 2024: A National Buddhist Pilgrimage for Asian American AncestorsThis is the audio of a video of a summary of the events at May We Gather 2024: A National Buddhist Pilgrimage for Asian American Ancestors, Co-Coordinated by Funie Hsu, Chenxing Han, & Duncan Ryūken Williams.Here is a list of the voices, chants, & Dharma Messages you'll hear: (Time-stamps are from the actual YouTube VIDEO Summary):· 0:26- 0:56 O-Daiko drum roll led by Dr. Paula Arai (Institute of Buddhist Studies) and Kansho Bell ringing led by Rev. Harry Bridge (Buddhist Church of Oakland)·...
2024-05-0712 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersReflections with the 2024 May We Gather Co-Organizers: Funie Hsu, Chenxing Han and Duncan Ryūken WilliamsFunie Hsu, Chenxing Han, and Duncan Ryūken Williams are the co-organizers of May We Gather, a collaborative project of commemorative healing, by and for Asian American Buddhists and their spiritual friends. What began in 2022 as a response to the uptick in violence and hate towards Asian Americans, has continued into 2024, as a second iteration of May We Gather, this time in the form of ritual memorial, and also as a precious and much needed space for gathering and community. In this interview, the three co-organizers share their reflections on the 2024 event. Watch the entire live stream r...
2024-05-0147 min
Podcasts – Valley Streams Zen SanghaJanuary 15th, 2024 – Dharma Talk by Rev. Liên Shutt
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 15th, 2024 (14.9 MB, 1 hr 2 min).
Keiryu Liên Shutt
Visiting Teacher
Rev. Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the U.S., Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please visit AccessToZen.org for ways to...
2024-04-1600 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSeason 3 Premiere! The Disquiet & Forwarding Asian American & Asian Diasporic Buddhist Experiences with Rev. Liên Shutt & Rev. Dana TakagiNEW Co-Host: Reverend Dana TakagiDana (she/her) is a retired professor of Sociology and also a zen priest. She spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian Am history at UC Santa Cruz, she is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies. Zen practice since 1998. Check out more of Dana's work:2022: Sutra and Bible: an Interview with Duncan Ryūken Williams2020: Most Intimate, Ordinary Way, Recollections of Katherine Thanas (co-eds. with Eugene Bush; 2nd printing 2022)Mentioned in the episode, her 1993 book on...
2024-04-0247 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersResting Where You Are Meditation with Rev. Liên ShuttRest in this meditation with Rev. Liên, Creator, Producer, & Co-host of ODA, as we transition Seasons. Offered at her weekly Access to Zen Meditation Group. Join us! REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome to...
2024-03-1930 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersExpanding The Dharma: ODA Season 2 Wrap-Up with All 4 HostsListen to this really amazing discussion between the 4 hosts on themes and highlights from all our interviews in Season 2. Listening will "make" you want to go listen to all of our wonderful guest teachers again! Or, check out the ones you've missed!9 bows of love and appreciation for all the Hosts of Season 2!1. LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism at Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and co-founder of Prajna Fire. In addition to Opening Dharma Access, Lama Yeshe co-hosts Pr...
2024-03-0553 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners"What's Values Got to Do With It?" asks Solwazi JohnsonSolwazi Johnson has a laughter-filled conversation with Dalila Bothwell about his many life experiences before finding the Dharma, and how he believes the Dharma is for every person interested in freedom.GUEST Solwazi Johnson (he/him) teaches mindfulness meditation classes and leads mindfulness meditation retreats and workshops throughout the U.S. and the world. He has practiced mindfulness meditation for over 25 years, focusing on Vipassana since 2003. In addition, he has studied and practiced meditation in many places, including Thailand, Burma, India, and South Africa. He is a graduate of Spirit Rock's...
2024-02-021h 01
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersAn Opportunity for Practice Has ArrivedA Dharma Talk by Grace Song. Perfect for the beginning of 2024!GUEST:Grace Song is an ordained Won Buddhist Kyomunim, meditation teacher, and advocate of interfaith dialogue. She serves as the Chair of the Won Buddhist Studies Department at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies. She has traveled to many countries to present and lead workshops and retreats on interfaith dialogue, social justice, mindfulness in education, and spiritual practice in daily life. She is committed to embodying the truth of interconnection and invests her time putting into practice her belief...
2024-01-1620 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersDharma Stories for Visibility with Grace SongAn engaging conversation with Grace about creating space for self, community, & collective inclusion for 21st Century Dharma.GUEST:Grace Song is an ordained Won Buddhist Kyomunim, meditation teacher, and advocate of interfaith dialogue. She serves as the Chair of the Won Buddhist Studies Department at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies. She has traveled to many countries to present and lead workshops and retreats on interfaith dialogue, social justice, mindfulness in education, and spiritual practice in daily life. She is committed to embodying the truth of interconnection and invests her t...
2024-01-0238 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersPraises to the 21 Taras with Pema Khandro RinpochePraise to Tārā with Twenty-One Verses of Homage (Skr. Namastāraikaviṃśatistotraguṇahitasahita) is a liturgy that consists of twenty-seven verses of praise and reverence dedicated to the deity Tārā. The first twenty-one verses are at once a series of homages to the twenty-one forms of Tārā and a poetic description of her physical features, postures, and qualities. - 84000 Reading Room Chanted by Pema Khandro Rinpoche and Buddhist Studies Institute dharma friends, using the English translation and melody arranged by the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. The English tex...
2023-12-2015 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSpeaking for the Silenced with Pema Khandro RinpochePEMA KHANDRO RINPOCHE is an internationally renowned teacher and scholar of Buddhist philosophy. She is the founder of Ngakpa International and its three projects, The Buddhist Studies Institute, Dakini Mountain and the Yogic Medicine Institute. In her work as a Buddhist teacher, she is an authorized Lama and lineage holder of the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions and was enthroned to carry on the lineage of her predecessor, the first Pema Khandro, an early twentieth century yogini from Eastern Tibet. Khandro-la has led a vibrant world-wide community since 1999. Through the Buddhist Studies Institute, she...
2023-12-0544 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersGuided Meditation with Rebecca LiGUEST:Dr. Rebecca Li, a Dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen, is the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community. Her books include Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan Practice in Uncertain Times and the upcoming book Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method. She lives in New Jersey with her husband.Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method, clarifies the practice of "Silent Illumination," (shikantaza in the Japanese tradition) and outlines the potential "traps and snares" that are encountered on t...
2023-11-2124 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersIllumination of Chan with Rebecca LiAn open, spacious conversation with Dr. Rebecca Li on her practice & teachings on Chan Buddhism and her newly released book, Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method GUEST:Dr. Rebecca Li, a Dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen, is the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community. Her books include Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan Practice in Uncertain Times and the upcoming book Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method. She lives in New Jersey with her husband.
2023-11-071h 00
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersFour Elements Meditation with René RiveraGUEST:René Rivera (he/him) is a meditation teacher and restorative justice facilitator working and learning in all the spaces in-between race, gender, and other perceived binaries, as a queer Latinx trans man. René teaches heart-centered, trauma-informed meditation, as a core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center. He has co-led the first residential meditation retreats for transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive people, and offers classes and retreats for many Buddhist centers and groups. René is a restorative justice facilitator for the Ahimsa Collective, working to heal sexual and gender based violence.Fin...
2023-10-1729 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersResourcing our Practice in Nature with René RiveraGUEST:René Rivera (he/him) is a meditation teacher and restorative justice facilitator working and learning in all the spaces in-between race, gender, and other perceived binaries, as a queer Latinx trans man. René teaches heart-centered, trauma-informed meditation, as a core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center. He has co-led the first residential meditation retreats for transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive people, and offers classes and retreats for many Buddhist centers and groups. René is a restorative justice facilitator for the Ahimsa Collective, working to heal sexual and gender based violence.Fin...
2023-10-0333 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMother Earth Relaxation Meditation with Joe ReillyA meditation with guidance by words and song!JOE REILLY (he, him) is a singer, songwriter, social worker, and ordained Dharma Teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Joe was raised Catholic and currently studies and practices progressive Catholicism, Native American spirituality, and engaged Buddhism. Joe has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh since 2004 and is often found singing and writing songs on spiritual retreats. He currently lives in Waawiyatanong/Detroit, where he co-leads the Building Beloved Community Sangha. He is of Cherokee, Choctaw, Italian, and Irish descent and identifies as...
2023-09-1926 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersDharma Songs for Connection with Joe ReillyGUEST:JOE REILLY (he, him) is a singer, songwriter, social worker, and ordained Dharma Teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Joe was raised Catholic and currently studies and practices progressive Catholicism, Native American spirituality, and engaged Buddhism. Joe has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh since 2004 and is often found singing and writing songs on spiritual retreats. He currently lives in Waawiyatanong/Detroit, where he co-leads the Building Beloved Community Sangha. He is of Cherokee, Choctaw, Italian, and Irish descent and identifies as Native American.Connect...
2023-09-0554 min
Simplicity Zen PodcastSimplicity Zen Podcast Episode 82 - An Interview with Rev. Keiryū Liên Shutt (The Zen Lamp Series)Rev. Keiryū Liên Shutt (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Soto Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome to Asian Americans, all BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, and those seeking a “home” in the midst of North American society’s reckoning around racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia. Shutt is a co-founder of Buddhist...
2023-08-221h 30
Immerse Yourself In The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Binge-Worthy!Home Is Here by Liên Shutt, Chenxing HanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/177265to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Home Is Here
Author: Liên Shutt, Chenxing Han
Narrator: Liên Shutt
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
Release date: 08-22-23
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Zen
Publisher's Summary:
Home is Here builds on foundational Buddhist teachings—the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path—offering an intersectional frame to help you embody antiracist practices and tend to your own healing under racism and oppression.
2023-08-229h 27
Asian American History 101A Conversation with Rev. Liên ShuttWelcome to Season 3, Episode 32. Some of the best conversations we have are the ones that make us think. It's even better when we not only think, but feel we have learned additional strategies for healing and restoration. Today's conversation is with Rev. Liên Shutt, an insightful and engaging Buddhist leader who strives to make Zen practice accessible to all. Her new book will release on August 22nd. Entitled Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path, it introduces readers to mindful practices for integrating the Engaged Four Noble Truths and the Engaged Eightfold Path to progress on...
2023-08-2149 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersLovingkindness Meditation with Anushka FernandopulleA short, but lovingly offered, meditation from Anushka Fernandopulle. Originally offered on Dharma Seed. Anushka Fernandopulle (she/they) is on the Spirit Rock Teacher's Council and has trained for over 30 years in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in the U.S., India, and Sri Lanka. Anushka lives in San Francisco and teaches retreats and workshops around the world. They also works as a leadership coach and management consultant, influenced by a BA in anthropology and religion from Harvard and an MBA from Yale. Her teaching is informed by nature, creative arts, political engagement and modern urban...
2023-08-1511 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersThe Nature of Practice & Teaching with Anushka FernandopulleGUESTAnushka Fernandopulle (she/they) is on the Spirit Rock Teacher's Council and has trained for over 30 years in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in the U.S., India, and Sri Lanka. Anushka lives in San Francisco and teaches retreats and workshops around the world. They also works as a leadership coach and management consultant, influenced by a BA in anthropology and religion from Harvard and an MBA from Yale. Her teaching is informed by nature, creative arts, political engagement and modern urban life.Connect with Anushka at:https...
2023-08-0134 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersThe Voiceless Voice with Rev. Mark UnnoA multidimensional practice of hearing Dharma, chanting, and silent meditation in the Shin Buddhist tradition, offered by Rev. Mark Unno.Rev. Mark Unno is Professor of Buddhist Studies & Department Head of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon, specializing in Pure Land, Zen, and Shingon Buddhism. He is the 14th generation minister of Shin Buddhism in his family. He is also the President of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. Click to access the abbreviated Juseige Chant (Song of Praise) that Rev. Mark shares with us in this episode. Listen...
2023-07-1828 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersGoing Deep with Rev. Mark UnnoREV. MARK UNNO is Professor of Buddhist Studies & Department Head of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon, specializing in Pure Land, Zen, and Shingon Buddhism. He is the 14th generation minister of Shin Buddhism in his family. He is also the President of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies.Read articles by Rev. Mark Unno at Lion's Roar Magazine onlineVisit his website for more resources---HOST LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Ti...
2023-07-0451 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersDon't Hold On To Anger with Cristina MoonA reading of a piece from the CMOON Substack Newsletter, by the author, Cristina Moon.As a strategist, author, and Chozen-ji priest, Cristina Moon works with individuals and organizations to develop the sensitivity and spiritual strength needed to lead in today’s challenging world. Cristina ordained as a Zen priest in December 2020 at Daihonzan ChInozen-ji, a Rinzai Zen temple in Hawaii in the Tenryu-ji line. Cristina publishes a Substack newsletter called CMOON, with published work appearing in Tricycle, Lion's Roar, and Buddhadharma magazines. Cristina's memoir is coming out in June 2024 with Shambhala Publications.Fin...
2023-06-2010 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersI Belong Everywhere with Cristina MoonAbout Our Guest for this EpisodeAs a strategist, author, and Chozen-ji priest, Cristina Moon works with individuals and organizations to develop the sensitivity and spiritual strength needed to lead in today’s challenging world. Cristina ordained as a Zen priest in December 2020 at Daihonzan ChInozen-ji, a Rinzai Zen temple in Hawaii in the Tenryu-ji line. Cristina publishes a Substack newsletter called CMOON, with published work appearing in Tricycle, Lion's Roar, and Buddhadharma magazines. Cristina's memoir is coming out in June 2024 with Shambhala Publications.Find out more about Cristina at:
2023-06-0646 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersHealing Meditation - Breathing, Relaxing & Wishing on a Star with Dr. Ava AvalosA 20 minute guided meditation and visualization on the sacred body with Dr. Ava Avalos, a Dharma teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, living in Botswana. No experience necessary. The meditation is held while lying down. Get ready to let-go, breath and consider our embodied possibilities.2 Links to connect with Dr. Avalos:1. Facebook: Studies in Zen Buddhism Botswana.2. The next Africa based retreat Tshedisa Sangha Botswana is holding: : Sacred Body - Wonderful Body - Coming Home to Ourselves with Ava Avalos, MD
2023-05-1619 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersWhen Action is Graced with Compassion: A Conversation with Dr. Ava AvalosSister Peace interview of Dr. Ava Avalos from the Order of Interbeing (OI) branch of the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition. BIO: Dr. Ava Avalos was ordained as a Dharma teacher in 2018, after over 20 years of study and Zen practice. She facilitates the Tshedisa Sangha in Botswana - the first African Sangha established in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh on the continent. Originally from San Diego, California, for the last 22 years she has worked as HIV/TB specialist physician and AIDS activist in Africa. In addition to clinical care, she focuses medical research on opt...
2023-05-0233 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFIndra's Net and Our Interconnectedness - Liên ShuttRev. Liên Shutt shares thoughts on how to 'be with' suffering, such as the harm brought about by climate change.Liên shares an approach to reframing the 4 Noble Truths as a restorative model for suffering and harm reduction. She describes the Eightfold Path in terms that are actionable and active rather than passive.Reframing our view in more holistic terms, we can consider Indra's Net described in the Flower Ornamental sutra. It is a representation of the cosmos, similar to an infinitely large spider's web, with each living being represented as a...
2023-04-2352 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersRest Meditation with Dalila BothwellDalila Bothwell (she/her) is a Dharma practitioner in the Insight Meditation/Theravada Buddhist tradition and a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader Program. She served as Deputy Director of New York Insight Meditation Center for nearly a decade where she learned the priceless value of sangha and the role relationships play in embodying the teachings and in creating kinder human beings. With a formal education in food and nutrition, her practice meets at the intersection of physical and emotional wellbeing while being Black and queer and her love of recovery, nature, community, and justice. A native of th...
2023-04-1815 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersFrank Dharma with Dalila BothwellGet to know ODA's Season 2 other new co-host, Dalila Bothwell, as she shares with Rev. Liên frank talk about what it takes to teach and stay true to their experience as queer, Black, and other social locations in predominantly white convert-Buddhist settings. Dalila Bothwell (she/her) is a Dharma practitioner in the Insight Meditation/Theravada Buddhist tradition and a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader Program. She served as Deputy Director of New York Insight Meditation Center for nearly a decade where she learned the priceless value of sangha and the role relationships play in em...
2023-04-0439 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersCalm, Ease with Sister PeaceEnjoy this lovely practice, as Sister Peace walks us gently through a guided meditation to learn to pay attention to the quality of our breath so that we become anchored in the feelings of calm and ease. This guided practice is also available on the Plum Village App and on YouTube. SISTER PEACE spent five years in government work before realizing that something was missing. Feeling spiritually bereft, she began practicing at the Washington Mindfulness Community where she encountered the teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Compelled by his teachings, s...
2023-03-2114 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersUnmasked When We Are Together with Sister PeaceSISTER PEACE spent five years in government work before realizing that something was missing. Feeling spiritually bereft, she began practicing at the Washington Mindfulness Community where she encountered the teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Compelled by his teachings, she relocated in 2006 to the Plum Village Monastery in France to deepen her mindfulness practice and where she was ordained a Buddhist nun in 2008, and received the Dharma Lamp Transmission in 2017.She has dedicated her life to bringing the practice of mindfulness to people around the world –from educators and teenagers to artists and...
2023-03-0732 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersBody / Breath Meditation by Noliwe AlexanderNoliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years.This is a meditation from a POC Retreat at Spirit Rock 2020You can reach her at Deep Time Liberation and Peace at Any Pace
2023-02-2133 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersPracticing to Touch Our Edges with Noliwe AlexanderNoliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner, meditation teacher of various retreats and sitting groups, day-longs and class series programs. She dedicates much her BuddhaDharma practice and teachings to the BiPOC, LGBTQIA+, At Risk and Elder communities. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock's CDL4 program, EBMC's Commit 2 Dharma program in 2010 and is a graduate of Spirit Rock Teacher Training from 2017-2020. Noliwe is the co-founder of Peace At Any Pace, Inc. a non-profit organization that offers a Journey...
2023-02-0755 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersLoving Our Skin: Farewell & Meditation with Kaira Jewel LingoIn the meditation, Kaira Jewel Lingo refers to the Garrison BIPOC meditation sangha which meets every Thursday at noon, run by her and Marisela Gomez. Order my book, We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons on Moving through Change, Loss and Disruption Order from Indie Bound or BookshopTo stay in touch and learn about my upcoming mindfulness teaching and events, please sign up for my e-newsletter here.My article in Lion's Roar: How Equanimity Powers LoveConnect with me:at kairajewel.com
2023-01-1736 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersAttending: A New Year's Meditation with Rev. Liên ShuttHappy 2023! Enjoy this meditation to support you bring the quality of attending (my latest word for our natural access to the quality of mindfulness.The "Meditation Training" course referred to in the meditation is "Meditation Training: Establishing a Meditation Practice in 4 Short Week." It's a popular and effect course taken by thousands at this point. Back in-person in SF and online for everyone else. It starts this Thursday, 1/5, 7:30 pm PT so for full info and registration, CLICK HERE.For other practices and full programming, go to AccessToZen.org or email me...
2023-01-0331 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersBeing Love with Lama YesheA guided meditation invoking creative imagination to cultivate familiarity with our innate quality of being love within a space of active repose. Led by Lama Yeshe.LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism at Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and co-founder of Prajna Fire.HOST LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism at Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and co-founder of Prajna Fire.
2022-12-2030 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersReflecting on 2022 and Transitioning to 2023Tune in as Rev. Liên and Lama Yeshe share a lively discussion of their experiences with Opening Dharma Access during 2022. They also bid farewell to Kaira Jewel Lingo as she transtions from Opening Dharma Access to other Dharma activities.Rev. Liên Shutt can be reached at: AccessToZen.orgLearn more about Kaira Jewel Lingo and her Dharma Offerings at kairajewel.com to learn more about her Dharma offerings. Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön shares the Dharma through the Prajn...
2022-12-0637 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersShodaigyo Meditation for Healing with Bishop Myokei Caine-BarrettBishop Myokei Caine-Barrett chanting is part of this larger program:https://www.dropbox.com/s/0o2e4wsxdicmr1t/Shodaigyo.pdf?dl=0For the YouTube version of this chant (with about 20 minutes of silent meditation first):https://www.facebook.com/NBSTX/videos/201551801729358/___Myokei Caine-Barrett currently holds the position of Bishop of the Nichiren Shu Order of North America. She is the first woman to hold this position and the first person of African-American and Japanese descent to be fully ordained in the Nichiren Shu order. She is also the chief priest...
2022-11-1528 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersYou Can Polish the Mirror of Your Life with Myokei Caine-Barret, ShoninListen in on this candid and wise interview with Myokei Caine-Barret, Shonin, as she shares about her own path of transformation and how we can all create a deeper experience of refuge for each other in the Dharma. She names the importance of sharing about race and increasing awareness in dharma spaces in the face of resistance. And how empowering it can be to leave space for listening, honoring people's unique experiences, and the importance of offering a warm welcome. She encourages us to learn from the radical hospitality in cultures of color, and describes how she used chanting...
2022-11-0154 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners"A Tale of Two Healers" with Thomas Davis IVListen to this dharma story Thomas created and shared at East Bay Meditation Center in August 2022. This tale deals with our developmental struggles and aversion to what the Path is asking of us, and ends with an invitation to a new perspective about how we can engage with less entanglement. Thomas can be reached at: www.avant-dharam.com
2022-10-1821 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersFusion Dharma with Thomas Davis IVA fascinating conversation with Thomas Davis IV and Rev. Liên about the possibilities of expanding the range for assessing BIPOC teachers' readiness to teach and the connections between the Dharma and the creative process.Thomas Davis IV is a Contemplative Artist based in Los Angeles who explores the connections between the principles of the Dharma, Christian Mysticism, Jazz Ethics, Art and Sciences. Thomas self-identifies as a Contemplative Artist which allows for a consistent and fluid commitment to personal authenticity; and for the exploration of emerging ideas, concepts and individual expressions of Liberation. Media: Lions Roar...
2022-10-0455 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersThe Caturārakkhā, or Four-Fold Protective Contemplations, with Bhante SanathavihariIn this month's practice offering, Bhante Sanathavihari shares a chanting practice central to the novice monastic training in the Sri Lanka tradition. The Pali and English text is available here for those who want to follow along with the chant.The Caturārakkhā, or Four-Fold Protective Contemplations, consists of:(1) Buddhānussati Recollection on the Buddha(2) Mettā Loving-Kindness Meditation(3) Asubha Meditation on Impurities of the Body(4) Maraṇsati Mindfulness of deathThe contemplations in the third and fourth parts of the practice are challenging, in language, import, and emotio...
2022-09-2012 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMeeting La Familia Where They Are At with Bhante SanathavihariLos Angeles Sanathavihari Bhikkhu is a Mexican-American Theravāda monk at the Sarathchandra Buddhist Center in North Hollywood, a Sri Lankan center. He is a student of the late Dr. Bhante Punnaji, and the director of Casa De Bhavana – an outreach project to bring the Dhamma to the Spanish-speaking world. He is also the co-author of Buddhism in Ten Steps. Bhante is a U.S. Air Force veteran, has a B.A. in Religion, and is a Mindfulness researcher at Mount St. Mary University, Los Angeles, and a Graduate Student in Counseling Psychology at Mount St. Mary Univ...
2022-09-0644 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersPracticing with Outbreath: A Meditation with Rev. Dana TakagiA short, guided meditation on breath with Rev. Dana TakagiDana is a retired professor of Sociology and also a zen priest. She spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian Am history at UC Santa Cruz, she is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies. Zen practice since 1998.2022: Sutra and Bible: an Interview with Duncan Ryūken Williams2020: Most Intimate, Ordinary Way, Recollections of Katherine Thanas (co-eds. with Eugene Bush; 2nd printing 2022)More of Dana at: https://danatakagizenlife.squarespace.com/
2022-08-1610 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFSkillful Effort - Liên ShuttRev. Liên Shutt talks about applying skillful effort as a way to work with freedom from suffering.They cover the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path focusing on skillful or wise effort. Toward the end, Liên discusses compassion and leads a lively discussion on inclusivity.____________Rev. Keiryū Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the US, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of t...
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Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersA Real Take on Race & Dharma in Convert Soto Zen: Conversation with Rev. Dana TakagiCheck out this in-depth interview with Rev. Dana Takagi on being Japanese American practicing convert Soto Zen.Dana is a retired professor of Sociology and also a zen priest. She spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian Am history at UC Santa Cruz, she is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies. Zen practice since 1998. 2022: Sutra and Bible: an Interview with Duncan Ryūken Williams2020: Most Intimate, Ordinary Way, Recollections of Katherine Thanas (co-eds. with Eugene Bush; 2nd printing 2022)More of Dana at: https://danatakagizenlife.squarespace.com/
2022-08-0253 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSpacious Embodiment MeditationA meditation offering from Margarita LoinazShe has trained in the Tibetan and Theravada traditions. She met her root teacher Kalu Rimpoche in 1977 and is a Dzogchen student of Lama Drimed Norbu. She is a graduate of the first Community Dharma Leader’s Program at SRMC and began teaching in l997 leading the Women of Color Sitting Group in Marin City with Marlene Jones and co-organizing the first People of Color Retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in 1999. Her current teaching integrates Dzogchen practice with social justice and environmental awareness. As a physician, she served Day Laborers, the Lat...
2022-07-1928 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersReceiving & Understanding: An Interview with Margarita LoinazMargarita Loinaz and Rev. Liên talks about how practice and teachings to & from BIPOCs was challenging, shifted and transformed in the SF Bay Area since they first met at the Women of Color group in 1996. Margarita Loinaz, MD has trained in the Tibetan and Theravada traditions. She met her root teacher Kalu Rimpoche in 1977 and is a Dzogchen student of Lama Drimed Norbu. She is a graduate of the first Community Dharma Leader’s Program at SRMC and began teaching in l997 leading the Women of Color Sitting Group in Marin City with Marlene Jones and co-org...
2022-07-0545 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersGuided Practice: Four Immeasurables: Loving-kindness, Compassion, Joy, and EquanimityStay tuned after the meditation for Comfortable with the Fluidity of East-West, Tradition-Modernity, Dungse-la’s interview with ODA co-host Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön.DUNGSE JAMPAL NORBU is son and Dharma Heir of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche in the Mangala Shri Bhuti community. His mother is Dharma teacher Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel.Dungse la has lived and traveled extensively in Asia, but spent much of his youth in Colorado. If you were to ask Dungse la how long he has been studying the Buddhist path, he would say, “Since I was born.”When Dungse la was st...
2022-06-2122 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersDungse Jampal Norbu: Comfortable with the Fluidity of East-West, Tradition-ModernityDUNGSE JAMPAL NORBU is son and Dharma Heir of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche in the Mangala Shri Bhuti community. His mother is Dharma teacher Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel.Dungse la has lived and traveled extensively in Asia, but spent much of his youth in Colorado. If you were to ask Dungse la how long he has been studying the Buddhist path, he would say, “Since I was born.”When Dungse la was still an infant, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche instructed Kongtrul Rinpoche to train Dungse la to uphold and continue Kongtrul Rinpoche’s lineage, particularly that o...
2022-06-0732 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersGuided Heart Meditation: Compassion PracticeLa Sarmiento shares a meditation.
2022-05-1721 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersYou Can't Touch This: A Journey towards Self-Love with La SarmientoSo many of us struggle to truly accept and understand ourselves, to find our own place of belonging and feeling at home in ourselves. In this intimate conversation between friends, La shares their powerful journey to fully loving and honoring themselves as a trans, immigrant, Filipinx, ukelele-playing dharma teacher and how they practice to transmit this dharma of radical self-acceptance, and resistance to oppression, to other BIPOC practitioners in the dharma world.To connect with La: www.lasarmiento.com, Instagram: @bodhila, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BodhiLaPhoto Credit: Suzanne Kulperger
2022-05-0331 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersRelaxing Into the Present MeditationVenerable Thuần Tuệ, Abbess of Diệu Nhân Zen Monastery, shares a short meditation from a visit at Folsom Prison. For more info go to dieunhan.net
2022-04-1910 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMind to Mind Connection with Venerable Thuần TuệVenerable Thuần Tuệ, Abbess of Diệu Nhân Zen Monastery in Rescue, CA, is interviewed by Rev. Liên Shutt. They first met when Rev. Liên practiced at Trúc Lâm Zen Monastery in Đà Lạt, Vietnam in 2006-2007.We discussed happiness, Buddha Nature and relaxing into Tranquil Mind to connect to self, others and all beings.Born in Vietnam, Venerable Thuần Tuệ was ordained in 1981 by Venerable Zen Master Thích Thanh Từ, Founder of the Trúc Lâm (Bamboo Forest) Zen lineage. She practiced at Bát Nhã Zen Monastery, Viên Ch...
2022-04-0537 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersTonglen Meditation & Sacred Creativity with Lama YesheA guided meditation for practicing tong len, openhanded welcome, towards ourselves. Led by Lama Yeshe.HOST LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism at Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and co-founder of Prajna Fire.Hear more about Lama Yeshe as ODA co-hosts Rev. Liên Shutt and Kaira Jewel Lingo interview her about her Dharma experiences as a practitioner and teacher of color here.In addition to Opening Dharma Access, Lama Yes...
2022-03-2236 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersGetting Grounded MeditationKaira Jewel Lingo offers a guided practice. You can use this 15 minute guided meditation to help you come back to the present moment, to centre and ground yourself whenever you are feeling anxious, fearful or lost, distracted and confused.
2022-03-1515 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMeet Host Lama Karma Yeshe ChödrönLAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is interviewed by the other two hosts, Rev. Liên Shutt & Kaira Jewel Lingo. Find out how Tibetan Buddhism gave her a sense of belonging right from the start & how that's brought into her teachings.LAMA YESHE is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism at Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and co-founder of Prajna Fire.In addition to Opening Dharma Access, Lama Yeshe co-hosts Prajna Sparks, a podcast for listening to, contemplating, and meditating on the B...
2022-03-0132 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMeet Host Kaira Jewel LingoKaira Jewel Lingo is interviewed by the other two hosts, Rev. Liên Shutt & Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön. Find out how Plum Village Zen & North American Insight practices inform how she teaches.Find out more about Kaira Jewel at kairajewel.com
2022-03-0128 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMeet ODA Creator, Producer & Host Rev. Liên ShuttRev. Liên Shutt is interviewed by the other two hosts, Kaira Jewel Lingo & Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön. Find out how opening our awareness to differences is what transforms us. Lessons from her Soto Zen & North American Insight experiences guide her to make accessible & inclusive practices for all.Her latest offering for BIPOCs: A Lotus Rising from MudConnect with Rev. Liên at AccessToZen.org
2022-03-0128 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersODA Trailer: Visions & Intentions for this PodcastThe three hosts of Opening Dharma Access (ODA), Rev. Liên Shutt, Kaira Jewel Lingo & Lama Karma Yeshe Chodron, meet and share their visions, intentions & hopes for this project.March 1st we launch the podcast with interviews of each of us so come get to know who we are. Join us on this exciting project to bring you more voices of BIPOC teachers!Thank you to the Kataly Foundation for their support of this project & Season 1 offerings!Questions? Email SuddenLeap.A2Z@gmail.comRev. L...
2022-03-0113 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners(Re)Centering MeditationOpening offering from Rev. Liên Shutt of Access to Zen. Come back for our official LAUNCH on March 1st when all three hosts' interviews will be shared!
2022-02-1831 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFLive Whole - Liên ShuttRev. Keiryū Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the US, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the SF Bay Area. She lives in San Francisco with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audi...
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The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFThe Four Brahma Viharas - Liên ShuttRev. Keiryū Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the US, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the SF Bay Area. She lives in San Francisco with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audi...
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The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFGladdening the Heart Mind - Liên ShuttRev. Keiryū Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the US, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the SF Bay Area. She lives in San Francisco with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audi...
2020-03-2959 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFNot Self, Self-Judgment - Liên ShuttRev. Keiryū Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the US, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the SF Bay Area. She lives in San Francisco with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audi...
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The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFAppreciating Hal Hershey, Buddha Nature, Rapture - Liên ShuttRev. Keiryū Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the US, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the SF Bay Area. She lives in San Francisco with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audi...
2019-08-181h 01
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFThe Realization of Dharma - Liên ShuttRev. Keiryū Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the US, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the SF Bay Area. She lives in San Francisco with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audi...
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The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFDharma as a Rudder for Your Life - Liên ShuttRev. Keiryū Liên Shutt is a lineage holder in the Shunryu Suzuki tradition. Born to a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she received her meditation training in the Insight and Zen traditions in the US, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998 and currently is the guiding teacher of Access to Zen, an anti-racist, inclusive sangha and non-profit in the SF Bay Area. She lives in San Francisco with her partner, exploring waterways and forests as often as they can. ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audi...
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Arinna WeismanLien Shutt: Bhrama Vihara Meditation (01-28-14)Lotus Insight Sangha - Whidbey Island Retreat with Arinna Weisman, Lien Shutt - Jan 24-29, 2014
Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/
2014-01-2816 minArinna WeismanLien Shutt: Right Intention (01-28-14)Lotus Insight Sangha - Whidbey Island Retreat with Arinna Weisman, Lien Shutt - Jan 24-29, 2014
Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/
2014-01-2834 minArinna WeismanLien Shutt: Morning Instruction (01-27-14)Lotus Insight Sangha - Whidbey Island Retreat with Arinna Weisman, Lien Shutt - Jan 24-29, 2014
Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/
2014-01-2739 minArinna WeismanLien Shutt: Metta Practice (01-27-14)Lotus Insight Sangha - Whidbey Island Retreat with Arinna Weisman, Lien Shutt - Jan 24-29, 2014
Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/
2014-01-2713 minArinna WeismanLien Shutt: Love and Intimacy (01-26-14)Lotus Insight Sangha - Whidbey Island Retreat with Arinna Weisman, Lien Shutt - Jan 24-29, 2014
Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/
2014-01-2629 min