Between virtual classes, Salunga would turn away from the screen, breathing to decompress his eyes, mind and body, a mindfulness technique he first learned in a retreat he had attended while getting his teacher’s certification 20 years ago. Read More
Sexual Abuse, Whiteness and Patriarchy in Buddhist Sanghas Video ByNalika Gajaweera August 10, 2021… Read More
Why a Complaint Collective in Buddhist Studies? Video ByAnn Gleig June 8, 2021 Share… Read More
#BuddhistCultureWars: Buddhabros, Alt-Right Dharma, and Snowflake Sanghas Article ByAnn Gleig June 4, 2021 Share… Read More
Drawing upon ethnographic research conducted in California with BIPOC practitioners of mindfulness, this article examines their efforts to create “safe spaces” to collectively experience and process painful embodied emotions around racialized trauma. Read More
Nalika Gajaweera co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Global Buddhism on Buddhism and Resilience with Darcie DeAngelo. Read more for an excerpt of their introduction along with a list of articles in the special issue. Read More
Kushil_20200303_185909 Kushil Gunasekera: ‘The More You Give, the More Will Be Yours to Give’ Article ByNalika Gajaweera May 17, 2021… Read More
Edited by Richard Flory and Diane Winston (Routledge, 2021) Read More
sri-lanka monks covid Sonic Fields of Protection in Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Pandemic Article ByNalika Gajaweera February 20, 2021… Read More
TAS presents an opportunity to document, analyze and convert decades of experience and learning about effective social transformation by PoC leadership into practically applicable resources and potentially the development of new models for future leaders and funders to implement and champion. The core activity of the initiative will be documenting the experiences of ethnic and racial minority leadership within North American meditation-based Insight institutions and their efforts to confront and challenge racism and embed diversity, equity and inclusion practices (DEI) within these institutions. Read More
