Welcoming Liberation

A Monthly Space for Thriving BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and BAME (Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic) Dharma and Community Connection. (BAME is the terminology most commonly used in the UK).

Last Saturday of every month: 2 hours

USA PST 09:00 | México 11:00 | USA EST 12:00 | IE & UK 17:00 | Europe CET 18:00 | India 22:30 | Australia AEDT 04.00 (Sunday) | New Zealand 06:00 (Sunday)

This is a gathering for people practicing the dharma, at any stage of that journey and experience and who also come from the richly diverse lived experiences of these intentionally welcomed identities: Black, Indigenous, and people of color inclusive of Asian/Pacific Islander, South East Asian, Native Hawaiian, Latinx, Arab/Middle Eastern, biracial, mixed heritage, multiracial, and any others identifying as non-white.

What is the space?
A monthly welcoming two-hour on-line international and intentional Triratna community space for:

  • Authentic connection and co-creating culturally diverse community (sangha)

  • Deepening dharma practice through meditation, reflection and real conversations

  • To practice welcoming, empathy, healing, wholeness, complexity, liberation and joy

  • Learning from each other and with a variety of BIPOC/BAME Triratna order members and community members

  • Making more possible genuine connection with the Triratna Buddhist community in this space, and beyond

We celebrate the multiplicity of “BIPOC/BAME” spaces in Triratna being offered by different Buddhist Centers. We hope many from those spaces will also benefit from this distinctly international space and that those looking for a space can find a home here

Where:
On Zoom – you will be emailed the link to join when you register

Supporting this space:
Anyone can make a donation to resource this space and the programming.

We know many in the Triratna community, who in racialized societies live as a white identity, are supportive of the people the space is for, even though you do not walk in the shoes of racialized discrimination directly. What is the invitation to you? You are welcome to give us the gift of well-wishing and understanding the need for this kind of space to create room to breathe and be together. You may also make a solidarity donation to assist with the practical costs of this gathering.

Courageous Conversations about Race was a series of 3 discussions curated by Vimalasara where members of the Triratna Buddhist Order spoke about race from their personal experience.

Panelists: Amaragita, Danadasa, Nandaraja, Padmadhara, Singhashri, Sujiva, Suryagupta, Viveka. Recorded Saturday July 25th 2020

Viveka explores the theme of racism from the perspective of the Dharma and what the Buddha had to say about complex conditionality. A timely look at understanding - and ultimately undoing - the patterns that lead to prejudice and bias, of all kinds. Talk given at San Francisco Buddhist Center, June 2016. Viveka is the Co-President of Triratna NY NJ.