Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

No One Wakes Up Until We All Wake Up

Dear White People (including myself),

It rips my heart out that I have had to craft yet another vapid statement about an awful, heartrending crisis showcasing our failure as white people. As Black people die, we white people make platitudes from our safe refuges. As Soto Zen priests, we are called to see the cries of the world, to save all beings, to meet suffering in the world

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