
Lama rod owens on liberation how to#
Lama Rod: Let's chop it up, let's get to it.Ĭharles: You know as I was thinking about what to say to you and how to start this conversation, I kind of feel like we've been having just one long conversation throughout our friendship and we initially, and I should perhaps provide some background… I think how we initially thought the conversation would go we started talking about it maybe a month ago, a lot has changed since we initially started thinking through this conversation including the events of last week and the violence that we all witnessed with the siege at the Capitol. Through our programming, we strive to amplify the voices of those who have historically been under-represented. To find out more about CIIS and public programs like this one, visit our website and connect with us on social media Music Concludes] This is the CIIS Public Programs Podcast, featuring talks and conversations recorded live by the Public Programs department of California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university located in San Francisco on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Land. You can also watch a recording of this and many more of our conversation events by searching for “ CIIS Public Programs” on YouTube. It was recorded during a live online event on January 14, 2021. In this episode, Lama Rod is joined by Executive Director of the Counter Narrative Project, Charles Stephens, for a conversation about how unmetabolized anger-and the grief, hurt, and transhistorical trauma beneath it-needs to be explored, respected, and fully embodied to heal from heartbreak and begin to walk the path of liberation.

Through his writings, teachings, and travels Lama Rod invites everyone into his life intersections as a Black, queer male who was born and raised in the South, and heavily influenced by the church and its community.

Lama Rod Owens: On Rage, Love, and LiberationĬonsidered one of the leaders of a current generation of Buddhist teachers, Lama Rod Owens is a Buddhist minister, author, activist, and an authorized Lama-or Buddhist teacher-in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.
