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Welcome to "Opening Dharma Access," a podcast where we hear stories from BIPOC teachers & practitioners about their Dharma experiences and practice, and how those inform the ways they are sharing & practicing the Dharma today.
Season 3 description: Hosted by Rev. Liên & Rev. Dana Takagi
This season, we will have a new focus: Uplifting and Forwarding Asian American/Asian Diasporic Buddhist Experiences in the West.
With our guests and audience, we will explore the specificities of Asian American/Asian Diasporic experiences. We take as given that there are generational differences (hence the historical moment matters!) and we hope to also delve into Asian family norms and values, our inchoate understanding of ancestor worship, issues of identity, representation, stereotypes about sexuality and sexual identity, and Asian American depression.
A theme we'll be using to help guide our conversations is The Disquiet - a term we are adapting from writer/poet Fernando Pessoa (The Book of Disquiet) -- which, in our view, signals a complex recognition of self, mind, and body. The evidence for the foregoing includes scholarly research indexed in aggregate statistics on depression, youth suicide, and other issues in immigrant or first-generation families. While Asian Americans are not alone in experiencing trauma, the racial languages and discourses of othering are different for us than for other groups.
What do we hope is the outcome of this podcast? Our first aim is to give voice to the range and depth of Buddhism in Asian and Asian American generations. We hope, in doing so, we help to shine a light on the limited or myopic envisioning of race in primarily white sanghas. Asian and Asian American diasporic truths about practice are a teaching for contemporary dharma organizations and centers. We recognize the depth and range of Asian and Asian Diasporic Buddhists is a wisdom mirror for organized Buddhism in the West.
Thank you to the Hemera Foundation for their generous support of Season 3!
Contact us at: Info.Access2Zen@gmail.com
Further Info at: AccessToZen.org
Episode | Date |
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Grief Practices with Rev. Dana Takagi
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Apr 16, 2024 |
Season 3 Premiere! The Disquiet & Forwarding Asian American & Asian Diasporic Buddhist Experiences with Rev. Liên Shutt & Rev. Dana Takagi
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Apr 02, 2024 |
Resting Where You Are Meditation with Rev. Liên Shutt
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Mar 19, 2024 |
Expanding The Dharma: ODA Season 2 Wrap-Up with All 4 Hosts
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Mar 05, 2024 |
The Middle Seat, guided meditation with Solwazi Johnson
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Feb 20, 2024 |
"What's Values Got to Do With It?" asks Solwazi Johnson
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Feb 02, 2024 |
An Opportunity for Practice Has Arrived
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Jan 16, 2024 |
Dharma Stories for Visibility with Grace Song
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Jan 02, 2024 |
Praises to the 21 Taras with Pema Khandro Rinpoche
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Dec 20, 2023 |
Speaking for the Silenced with Pema Khandro Rinpoche
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Dec 05, 2023 |
Guided Meditation with Rebecca Li
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Nov 21, 2023 |
Illumination of Chan with Rebecca Li
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Nov 07, 2023 |
Four Elements Meditation with René Rivera
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Oct 17, 2023 |
Resourcing our Practice in Nature with René Rivera
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Oct 03, 2023 |
Mother Earth Relaxation Meditation with Joe Reilly
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Sep 19, 2023 |
Dharma Songs for Connection with Joe Reilly
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Sep 05, 2023 |
Lovingkindness Meditation with Anushka Fernandopulle
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Aug 15, 2023 |
The Nature of Practice & Teaching with Anushka Fernandopulle
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Aug 01, 2023 |
The Voiceless Voice with Rev. Mark Unno
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Jul 18, 2023 |
Going Deep with Rev. Mark Unno
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Jul 04, 2023 |
Don't Hold On To Anger with Cristina Moon
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Jun 20, 2023 |
I Belong Everywhere with Cristina Moon
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Jun 06, 2023 |
Healing Meditation - Breathing, Relaxing & Wishing on a Star with Dr. Ava Avalos
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May 16, 2023 |
When Action is Graced with Compassion: A Conversation with Dr. Ava Avalos
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May 02, 2023 |
Rest Meditation with Dalila Bothwell
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Frank Dharma with Dalila Bothwell
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Apr 04, 2023 |
Calm, Ease with Sister Peace
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Mar 21, 2023 |
Unmasked When We Are Together with Sister Peace
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Body / Breath Meditation by Noliwe Alexander
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Practicing to Touch Our Edges with Noliwe Alexander
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Feb 07, 2023 |
Loving Our Skin: Farewell & Meditation with Kaira Jewel Lingo
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Jan 17, 2023 |
Attending: A New Year's Meditation with Rev. Liên Shutt
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Jan 03, 2023 |
Being Love with Lama Yeshe
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Dec 20, 2022 |
Reflecting on 2022 and Transitioning to 2023
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Dec 06, 2022 |
Shodaigyo Meditation for Healing with Bishop Myokei Caine-Barrett
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Nov 15, 2022 |
You Can Polish the Mirror of Your Life with Myokei Caine-Barret, Shonin
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Nov 01, 2022 |
"A Tale of Two Healers" with Thomas Davis IV
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Oct 18, 2022 |
Fusion Dharma with Thomas Davis IV
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Oct 04, 2022 |
The Caturārakkhā, or Four-Fold Protective Contemplations, with Bhante Sanathavihari
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Sep 20, 2022 |
Meeting La Familia Where They Are At with Bhante Sanathavihari
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Sep 06, 2022 |
Practicing with Outbreath: A Meditation with Rev. Dana Takagi
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Aug 16, 2022 |
A Real Take on Race & Dharma in Convert Soto Zen: Conversation with Rev. Dana Takagi
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Aug 02, 2022 |
Spacious Embodiment Meditation
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Jul 19, 2022 |
Receiving & Understanding: An Interview with Margarita Loinaz
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Jul 05, 2022 |
Guided Practice: Four Immeasurables: Loving-kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity
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Jun 21, 2022 |
Dungse Jampal Norbu: Comfortable with the Fluidity of East-West, Tradition-Modernity
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Jun 07, 2022 |
Guided Heart Meditation: Compassion Practice
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May 17, 2022 |
You Can't Touch This: A Journey towards Self-Love with La Sarmiento
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May 03, 2022 |
Relaxing Into the Present Meditation
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Apr 19, 2022 |
Mind to Mind Connection with Venerable Thuần Tuệ
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Apr 05, 2022 |
Tonglen Meditation & Sacred Creativity with Lama Yeshe
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Mar 22, 2022 |
Getting Grounded Meditation
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Mar 15, 2022 |
Meet Host Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön
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Mar 01, 2022 |
Meet Host Kaira Jewel Lingo
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Mar 01, 2022 |
Meet ODA Creator, Producer & Host Rev. Liên Shutt
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Mar 01, 2022 |
ODA Trailer: Visions & Intentions for this Podcast
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Mar 01, 2022 |
(Re)Centering Meditation
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Feb 18, 2022 |