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Dharma and Diversity: Resources
BPF is commited to becoming a more diverse and culturally competent organization that deeply recognizes the value of difference and unity. To achieve this goal, BPF is working to:
- Establish practice/action groups on Diversity
- Make our values on diversity explicit through an organizational statement
- Diversify our staff and membership base
- Ensure that BPF policies, programs, meetings, events and other activities allow for equal opportunity
- Play a leadership role in developing and offering resources on diversity to Buddhist community
General Readings and Resources on Dharma and Diversity/Multiculturalism
The Precepts: Directing the Mind Towards Practices in Diversity
by Larry Yang
Resources from the Shambhala Community's Diversity and Accessibility Working Group
Race and Ethnicity
Stories We Have Yet to Hear: The Path to Healing Racism in American Sanghas
by Mushim Ikeda-Nash, BPF International Advisory Council member
On Race and Buddhism
by Alan Senauke, BPF Senior Advisor
Making the Invisible Visible: Healing Racism in Our Buddhist Communities
Disability
Horizontal Peacemaking
by Diana Lion, Founder of BPF's Prison Program
Gender/Sexual Orientation
Feminism and Buddhism
by Ouyporn Khuankaew. BPF International Advisory Council member
Same-Sex Marriage: Freedom to Marry Is a Basic Civil Right
by Melanie Phoenix, former BPF Administrative Director
Multicultural Sanghas
Rainbowdharma.com (Choyin Rangdrol)
New Dharma Community (angel kyodo williams)
East Bay Meditation Center
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