Lama Rod Owens: Liberation through anger
Groundless Ground Podcast
English - September 01, 2020 03:52 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Alternative Health buddhism compassion healing health holistic meditation mind mindfulness psychology psychotherapy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Lama Rod Owens, African-American author and Tibetan Buddhist teacher, describes himself as, “black, queer, cisgender, and male-identified, fat, mixed class, Buddhist teacher and minister, yoga teacher, and shit-talking Southerner.” When I contacted Lama Rod more than a year ago to have him on the show, his assistant told me he was deep into writing his newly published book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger, and to check back in the Spring of 2020. Well, America has been through so much since then, and I am so happy Lama Rod and I got to have this dialogue now, in the midst of a pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and America’s ever-intensifying political turmoil. Love and Rage is a must-read for anyone seeking to grapple with identity: how to know it and the suffering it causes, and use that pain and understanding to walk the path of liberation from human suffering. This is a radical GG dialogue unlike any other. May it be of benefit to all who listen.