The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition with Rima Vesely-Flad

In conversation with Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Rima Vesely-Flad talks about the connection between the practice of Buddhism and the Black tradition of radical activism. The post The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition with Rima...

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition with Rima Vesely-Flad

by | June 13, 2023

This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features Rima Vesely-Flad, visiting professor of Buddhism and Black Studies at Union Theological Seminary, and author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation.

‌Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad is a visiting professor of Buddhism and Black Studies at Union Theological Seminary, and the author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation. In this conversation with Lion’s Roar Associate Editor Pamela Ayo Yetunde, she talks about her book on the connection between the wisdom and practices of Buddhism, and the Black tradition of radical activism.