The Power of Representation in Spiritual Writing

Lama Rod Owens is a Black Buddhist Southern Queen. An international influencer with a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School with a focus on the intersection of social change, identity, and spiritual practice. Author of The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors and Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger and co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation, his teachings center on freedom, self-expression, and radical self-care. Highly sought after for talks, retreats, and workshops, his mission is showing you how to heal and free yourself.

Topics:

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 2:34 – Global Wars
• 6:29 – Self-Care at the End of the World
• 8:57 – Fierce Compassion
• 14:45 – Ma Tara
• 20:59 – New Saints
• 28:03 – Evangelism and Bodhisattva
• 41:05 – Do We Need Modern-Day Saints?
• 45:05 – Inclusivity
• 48:49 – Secular Buddhism and Liberation
• 55:29 – Prayer