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SUMMARY:Shin Buddhism and Black Culture: A Conversation with Dean Takashi Miyaji
DESCRIPTION:“How Do We Meet Each Other? Black-Asian Dialogue in Buddhist America”\nThis conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture\, about appropriation and erasure\, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment. \nEach conversation is also a practice in itself: honoring the cultural roots each person brings\, building real political solidarity\, and growing a Buddhist community rooted in both care and accountability. \nThis series is generously funded by the Henry J. Luce Foundation. \nHosted by Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad\, IBS Research Fellow\nDr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies. She is the author of three books and several academic articles on Buddhism and Black culture\, as well as religious approaches to systemic violence. \nSeptember 30\, 2026: Shin Buddhism and Black Culture: A Conversation with Dean Takashi Miyaji\n4pmPST/7pmEST \nRev. Dr. Takashi Miyaji has been a minister since 2014 and currently works as a part-time minister at the Southern Alameda Count Buddhist Church in Union City\, CA. In addition\, since 2020\, he has taught as a professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley\, California. \nRegister at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UtUceAxhSYO-iXCtrhJW-Q
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/badba1/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T160000
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SUMMARY:Buddhism and Incarceration in America: A Conversation with Dr. Duncan Ryuken Williams
DESCRIPTION:“How Do We Meet Each Other? Black-Asian Dialogue in Buddhist America”\nThis conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture\, about appropriation and erasure\, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment. \nEach conversation is also a practice in itself: honoring the cultural roots each person brings\, building real political solidarity\, and growing a Buddhist community rooted in both care and accountability. \nThis series is generously funded by the Henry J. Luce Foundation. \nHosted by Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad\, IBS Research Fellow\nDr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies. She is the author of three books and several academic articles on Buddhism and Black culture\, as well as religious approaches to systemic violence. \nOctober 21\, 2026: Buddhism and Incarceration in America: A Conversation with Dr. Duncan Ryuken Williams \n4pmPST/7pmEST \nDuncan Ryuken Williams was born in Tokyo\, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father. After growing up in Japan and England until age 17\, he moved to the U.S. to attend college (Reed College) and graduate school (Harvard University\, where he received a Ph.D. in Religion). Williams is currently Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages & Cultures and the Director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture. He is a Buddhist priest in the Soto Zen tradition and served as the Buddhist chaplain at Harvard University from 1994-96. He is the author of several books\, including American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War (Harvard University Press\, 2019). \nDr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies. She is the author of three books and several academic articles on Buddhism and Black culture\, as well as religious approaches to systemic violence. \nRegister at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xJviolnGQJe7-a7BwsJAQw
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/badba2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T160000
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SUMMARY:A Buddhist Reading of Octavia Butler: A Conversation with Dr. Jessica Zu
DESCRIPTION:“How Do We Meet Each Other? Black-Asian Dialogue in Buddhist America”\nThis conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture\, about appropriation and erasure\, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment. \nEach conversation is also a practice in itself: honoring the cultural roots each person brings\, building real political solidarity\, and growing a Buddhist community rooted in both care and accountability. \nThis series is generously funded by the Henry J. Luce Foundation. \nHosted by Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad\, IBS Research Fellow\nDr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies. She is the author of three books and several academic articles on Buddhism and Black culture\, as well as religious approaches to systemic violence. \nNovember 4\, 2026: A Buddhist Reading of Octavia Butler: A Conversation with Dr. Jessica Zu \nJessica Zu is an intellectual historian and a scholar of Buddhist philosophy. Her research uncovers surprising ways that ancient Buddhist processual philosophy was reinvented by marginalized peoples to seek justice\, build community\, and change the self and the world. Her public scholarship asks how scholars could practice relational accountability in their knowledge production and co-create conducive conditions for the flourishing of pluri-versal (against uni-versal) futures. Her 2025 Book—Just Awakening: Yogacara Social Philosophy in Modern China–is published with Columbia University Press. She widely publishes in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Buddhist Philosophy\, Sophia\, Topoi\, and History of Religions. \n Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HfqtcPg-QPexvsiyFdzFnA
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/badba3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270120T160000
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Practices for Challenging Domination: A Conversation with Thenmozhi Soundararajan
DESCRIPTION:“How Do We Meet Each Other? Black-Asian Dialogue in Buddhist America”\nThis conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture\, about appropriation and erasure\, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment. \nEach conversation is also a practice in itself: honoring the cultural roots each person brings\, building real political solidarity\, and growing a Buddhist community rooted in both care and accountability. \nThis series is generously funded by the Henry J. Luce Foundation. \nHosted by Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad\, IBS Research Fellow\nDr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies. She is the author of three books and several academic articles on Buddhism and Black culture\, as well as religious approaches to systemic violence. \nJanuary 20\, 2027: Buddhist Practices for Challenging Domination: A Conversation with Thenmozhi Soundararajan \nThenmozhi Soundararajan is a Dalit American artist\, community organizer\, and founder/Executive Director of Equality Labs. As Equality Labs’ Executive Director\, she works to dismantle systems of oppression—specifically caste apartheid\, gender-based violence\, Islamaphobia\, and religious intolerance. Thenmozhi has mobilized thousands of South Asian Americans across faiths\, castes\, and generations towards not only ending violence against South Asian minority communities\, but also to creating pathways for visionary futures rooted in collective care and safety for all marginalized communities. \nRegister at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Bn-u-4JSRs-5y5U1cdFi7g
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/badba4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270203T160000
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SUMMARY:Touching the Earth with Thích Nhất Hạnh: A Conversation with Venerable Clear Grace Dayananda
DESCRIPTION:“How Do We Meet Each Other? Black-Asian Dialogue in Buddhist America”\nThis conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture\, about appropriation and erasure\, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment. \nEach conversation is also a practice in itself: honoring the cultural roots each person brings\, building real political solidarity\, and growing a Buddhist community rooted in both care and accountability. \nThis series is generously funded by the Henry J. Luce Foundation. \nHosted by Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad\, IBS Research Fellow\nDr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies. She is the author of three books and several academic articles on Buddhism and Black culture\, as well as religious approaches to systemic violence. \nFebruary 3\, 2027: Touching the Earth with Thích Nhất Hạnh: A Conversation with Venerable Clear Grace Dayananda \nVenerable Clear Grace Dayananda is the founder of Sangha House NOLA. She received novice ordination in 2018 as Sister True Moon of Clear Grace under Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh in the Plum Village Vietnamese Zen tradition\, entering the Liễu Quán Dharma Line (8th generation) and the Lâm Tế Dhyāna (Linji) School (42nd generation). She later received higher ordination (upasampadān) in 2020 with the Embracing Simplicity Contemplative Order under her preceptors\, the late Bhante U Pannadipa Thero and her recently transitioned master\, Maha Theri Dr. Pannavati Karuna. Through this transmission she inherits a rich multi-lineage inheritance\, Theravāda lineages from Sri Lanka\, Nepal\, and Burma\, alongside Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna streams\, including Vajrayāna empowerments\, Sōtō Zen\, and Vietnamese Zen. She was transmitted the Dharma name Dayananda\, meaning One Whose Delight is Mercy. \nRegister at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dAFbLUxiTCOGLbk6SmAM6g
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/badba5/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Online Event,Public Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270303T160000
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SUMMARY:Constellating Buddhist America: A Conversation with Chenxing Han
DESCRIPTION:“How Do We Meet Each Other? Black-Asian Dialogue in Buddhist America”\nThis conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture\, about appropriation and erasure\, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment. \nEach conversation is also a practice in itself: honoring the cultural roots each person brings\, building real political solidarity\, and growing a Buddhist community rooted in both care and accountability. \nThis series is generously funded by the Henry J. Luce Foundation. \nHosted by Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad\, IBS Research Fellow\nDr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies. She is the author of three books and several academic articles on Buddhism and Black culture\, as well as religious approaches to systemic violence. \nMarch 3\, 2027: Constellating Buddhist America: A Conversation with Chenxing Han \nChenxing Han is the author of Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists and one long listening: a memoir of grief\, friendship\, and spiritual care. Her writing is taught in university\, seminary\, and high school classrooms across the nation. Educated at Stanford University\, the Graduate Theological Union\, and the Institute of Buddhist Studies\, Chenxing is a founder of Roots and Refuge\, May We Gather\, and Listening to the Buddhists in Our Backyard. Chenxing’s current projects explore art\, activism\, practice\, and play in Buddhist Asian America. \nRegister at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NNYFUDC8RfCmCzHukIS_sQ
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/badba6/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Online Event,Public Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270407T160000
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SUMMARY:Black Buddhist Experience in the Jodo Shinshu Sangha: A Conversation with Rev. Victor Ogundipe
DESCRIPTION:“How Do We Meet Each Other? Black-Asian Dialogue in Buddhist America”\nThis conversation series brings Black and Asian-American Buddhist scholars and practitioners together for honest dialogue about what it means to practice Buddhism in America today. These conversation partners aim to create bridges and ask nuanced questions — about ancestral practices and culture\, about appropriation and erasure\, and about what it means to evolve the Buddhist tradition to meet the current moment. \nEach conversation is also a practice in itself: honoring the cultural roots each person brings\, building real political solidarity\, and growing a Buddhist community rooted in both care and accountability. \nThis series is generously funded by the Henry J. Luce Foundation. \nApril 7\, 2027: Black Buddhist Experience in the Jodo Shinshu Sangha: A Conversation with Rev. Victor Ogundipe \nVictor A. Ogundipe Jr. is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest who received Kyoshi ordination in January of 2026. He is a student in the Institute of Buddhist Studies (IBS) Master of Divinity program. Victor and his family – his wife of 15 years\, Mylinda\, and their 10-year-old daughter\, Sati – lived the Bay Area but currently reside in Toledo\, OH. Victor works as a data scientist at the University of Michigan. He enjoys learning new things\, visiting new places (especially visiting Buddhist temples and sanghas)\, and he is very interested in exploring ways of sharing the Dharma through film and music. \nRegister at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ychfpmZXTLaF_7dc7U5uVA
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/badba7/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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