Afrocentricity and Buddhism Afrocentricity and buddhism Afrocentrism was most prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. It is still important today! Here we will explore the healing and liberation of the people of color through Buddhism. African Americans can be, and usually are, emotionally resilient in the face of the many types of suffering put before us. Black Buddhists emphasize the reality that the Buddha was a person of color. This helps the African and the African American to align with the Buddha's mission to protest a society that is suffering under racial injustice. Thus, African Americans bring a unique perspective to Buddhism by sharing their unique perspectives and experiences while exploring healing and liberation. The Awakening of the Buddha Mind: Not about 'choosing Asian culture over American' The quality of one's views and intentions determines the resulted actions which they experience. Beings are continuously reborn according to the ethical quality of their thoughts, words, and deeds, and this quality is, essentially, a factor of the mind. True Awakening, necessarily, involves both ethics and insight into causality. The Buddha was Woke! When we consider the Buddha as a fellow person of color and as a social reformer who was awakened to the truth of suffering caused by false constructions of identity, including race, gender, caste, and class - we, as African Americans, have to consider him "Woke". Economic Freedom for everyone We can help you with economic freedom. Are you seeking economic freedom? You can Make Money Anywhere in the World. You can make money working at home around the world; in America, Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, India, Israel, anywhere on the planet that has internet access. Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom "Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative American Buddhism. With contributions by Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, Cheryl A. Giles, Gyōzan Royce Andrew Johnson, Ruth King, Kamilah Majied, Lama Rod Owens, Lama Dawa Tarchin Phillips, Sebene Selassie, and Pamela Ayo Yetunde." "What does it mean to be Black and Buddhist? In this powerful collection of writings, African American teachers from all the major Buddhist traditions tell their stories of how race and Buddhist practice have intersected in their lives. The resulting explorations display not only the promise of Buddhist teachings to empower those facing racial discrimination but also the way that Black Buddhist voices are enriching the Dharma for all practitioners. As the first anthology comprised solely of writings by African-descended Buddhist practitioners, this book is an important contribution to the development of the Dharma in the West." Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom Paperback – December 8, 2020 by Cheryl A. Giles (Editor), Pamela Ayo Yetunde (Editor), Gyozan Royce Andrew Johnson (Contributor) Afrocentricity: African-American Studies and Buddhism to relieve the suffering of people of color Afrocentricity is the academic approach to scholarship that is centered around the experiences of African people and the people of the African diaspora, relative to their own historical, cultural, and sociological heritage. Afrocentrism seeks to counter the mistakes and ideas which were perpetuated by the racist philosophical underpinnings of Western academic disciplines as they developed during and since Europe's Early Renaissance. Such rationales were used to justify the enslavement of other peoples. In order to enable a more accurate account of the African people, as well as all people, we need to take a better look into the contributions the African people to world history. Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change The central topic of this cross-disciplinary work is the theory of "Afrocentricity," which mandates that Africans be viewed as subjects rather than objects; and looks at how this philosophy, ethos, and world view gives Africans a better understanding of how to interpret issues affecting their communities. History, psychology, sociology, literature, economics, and education are explored, including discussions on Washingtonianism, Garveyism, Du Bois, Malcolm X, race and identity, Marxism, and breakthrough strategies. Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change Paperback – September 1, 2003 by Molefi Kete Asante (Author)

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