Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom

Black and Buddhist brings together writings by African-descended Buddhist practitioners on race, resilience and spiritual freedom. Contributors describe how Buddhist teachings and racial experience have met in their lives, while considering the possibility of a more representative American Buddhism.

The collection includes voices such as Ruth King, Lama Rod Owens, Sebene Selassie, Kamilah Majied and Pamela Ayo Yetunde. Readers encounter multiple traditions and personal perspectives rather than a single account of what it means to be Black and Buddhist.