Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging with Autumn Payne
Channel: Lion's Roar
Date: 23/05/2023

Drawing from her lived experience working in the male-dominated career as a photojournalist, as well as her research, Autumn Payne will share concepts of DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging). Current language and conversations around the topic will be shared, with the invitation to consider how we might create a Sangha that is of benefit to our larger, diverse community.

Some of these topics, such as racism and the patriarchy are uncomfortable, but fortunately our Dharma practice gives us the tools to work with them effectively. She will also share the wisdom she recently learned from Hoka Chris Fortin, who graciously granted Autumn an interview to discuss her experience leading racial and social justice work within the Zen Buddhist community.

Lion's Roar Dharma Center at Do Nga Dargey Temple in Sacramento, California, is a Tibetan Buddhist Temple within the Gelugpa Lineage.  Lama Yeshe Jinpa is the spiritual director and resident teacher of Lion’s Roar Dharma Center, which he co-founded with Geshe Losang Gyatso in 1992. In 1995, Lama Jinpa received direct heart/mind transmission from Geshe Gyatso after 25 years of Dharma practice and study. He is one of the few western lamas thus far recognized within the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan or Vajrayana Buddhism, the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Please visit https://lionsroardharmacenter.org/ for more information!