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Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation

By Valerie Brown, Marisela B. Gomez, M.D., and Kaira J. Lingo

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Parallax Press (February 13, 2024)
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
Condition: New

Price: $18.95

Synopsis

Real talk on living joyfully and coming home to ourselves – with reflective self-care practices to help us on our interconnected journeys of liberation.

Join three friends, three Black women, all teachers in the Plum Village tradition founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, in intimate conversation, touching on the pain and beauty of their families of origin, relationships and loneliness, intimacy and sexuality, politics, popular culture, race, self-care, and healing. No subject is out of bounds in this free-flowing, wide-ranging offering of mindful wisdom to nourish our sense of belonging and connection with ancestors.

Authors Valerie Brown, Marisela Gomez, MD, and Kaira Jewel Lingo share how the Dharma’s timeless teachings support their work for social and racial equity and justice in their work and personal lives. The book offers insights in embodied mindfulness practice to support us in healing white supremacy, internalized racial oppression, and social and cultural conditioning, leading to a firm sense of belonging and abiding joy.