Guest Ryan Lee Wong is author of the novel Which Side Are You On, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. He lived for two years at Ancestral Heart Temple and is the Administrative Director of Brooklyn Zen Center. Some of Ryan's publications include:<ul><li><a href='https://books.catapult.co/books/which-side-are-you-on/'>Which Side Are You On</a>, his novel published in 2023. </li><li><a href='https://www.ryanleewong.com/essays-and-criticism/every-past-life-all-at-once'>Every Past Life All At Once</a>, a critical essay on the films Past Lives and Everything Everywhere All At Once on The AMP.</li><li><a href='https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-buddha-on-tv-nam-june-paiks-fraught-relationship-to-buddhism/27482/'>The Buddha on TV: Nam June Paik's fraught relationship to Buddhism</a>, on PBS: American Masters</li></ul><a href='https://www.ryanleewong.com'>Check out his website</a> to read more and stay updated. IG: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/ryanlwong'>@ryanlwong </a> Your Host <a href='https://danatakagizenlife.squarespace.com/'>REVEREND DANA TAKAGI </a>(she/her) is a retired professor of Sociology and zen priest, practicing zen since 1998. She spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian American history at UC Santa Cruz, and she is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies.

Guest Ryan Lee Wong is author of the novel Which Side Are You On, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. He lived for two years at Ancestral Heart Temple and is the Administrative Director of Brooklyn Zen Center. Some of Ryan's publications include:Which Side Are You On, his novel published in 2023. Every Past Life All At Once, a critical essay on the films Past Lives and Everything Everywhere All At Once on The AMP.The Buddha on TV: Nam June Paik's fraught relationship to Buddhism, on PBS: American MastersCheck out his website to read more and stay updated. IG: @ryanlwong Your Host REVEREND DANA TAKAGI (she/her) is a retired professor of Sociology and zen priest, practicing zen since 1998. She spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian American history at UC Santa Cruz, and she is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies.

Guest Ryan Lee Wong is author of the novel Which Side Are You On, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. He lived for two years at Ancestral Heart Temple and is the Administrative Director of Brooklyn Zen Center. Some of Ryan's publications include:<ul><li><a href="https://books.catapult.co/books/which-side-are-you-on/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Which Side Are You On</a>, his novel published in 2023.&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.ryanleewong.com/essays-and-criticism/every-past-life-all-at-once" rel="noopener noreferrer">Every Past Life All At Once</a>, a critical essay on the films Past Lives and Everything Everywhere All At Once on The AMP.</li><li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-buddha-on-tv-nam-june-paiks-fraught-relationship-to-buddhism/27482/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Buddha on TV: Nam June Paik's fraught relationship to Buddhism</a>, on PBS: American Masters</li></ul><a href="https://www.ryanleewong.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Check out his website</a> to read more and stay updated. IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ryanlwong" rel="noopener noreferrer">@ryanlwong&nbsp;</a> Your Host <a href="https://danatakagizenlife.squarespace.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">REVEREND DANA TAKAGI&nbsp;</a>(she/her) is a retired professor of Sociology and zen priest, practicing zen since 1998. She spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian American history at UC Santa Cruz, and she is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies.&nbsp;

Zen Practice As Community Building with Ryan Lee Wong

Welcome to "Opening Dharma Access," a podcast where we hear stories from BIPOC teachers &amp; practitioners about their Dharma experiences and practice, and how those inform the ways they are sharing &amp; practicing the Dharma today. Season 3 &amp; 4 description: Hosted by Rev. Liên Shutt &amp; Rev. Dana Takagi This season, we will have a new focus: Uplifting and Forwarding Asian American/Asian Diasporic Buddhist Experiences in the West. With our guests and audience, we will explore the specificities of Asian American/Asian Diasporic experiences.&nbsp; We take it as given that there are generational differences (hence the historical moment matters!) and we hope to also delve into Asian family norms and values, our inchoate understanding of ancestor worship, issues of identity, representation, stereotypes about sexuality and sexual identity,&nbsp; and Asian American depression.&nbsp; &nbsp; A theme we'll be using to help guide our conversations is The Disquiet - a term we are adapting from writer/poet Fernando Pessoa (The Book of Disquiet) -- which, in our view, signals a complex recognition of self, mind, and body.&nbsp; The evidence for the foregoing includes scholarly research indexed in aggregate statistics on depression, youth suicide, and other issues in immigrant or first-generation families. While Asian Americans are not alone in experiencing trauma, the racial languages and discourses of othering are different for us than for other groups.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; What do we hope is the outcome of this podcast? &nbsp;Our first aim is to give voice to the range and depth of Buddhism in Asian and Asian American generations.&nbsp; We hope, in doing so, we help to shine a light on the limited or myopic envisioning of race in primarily white sanghas. Asian and Asian American diasporic truths about practice are a teaching for contemporary dharma organizations and centers. We recognize the depth and range of Asian and Asian Diasporic Buddhists as a wisdom mirror for organized Buddhism in the West. Thank you to the Hemera Foundation for their generous support of Season 3 &amp; 4!&nbsp; Contact us at:&nbsp; Info.Access2Zen@gmail.com Further Info at: AccessToZen.org

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Welcome to "Opening Dharma Access," a podcast where we hear stories from BIPOC teachers & practitioners about their Dharma experiences and practice, and how those inform the ways they are sharing & practicing the Dharma today. Season 3 & 4 description: Hosted by Rev. Liên Shutt & Rev. Dana Takagi This season, we will have a new focus: Uplifting and Forwarding Asian American/Asian Diasporic Buddhist Experiences in the West. With our guests and audience, we will explore the specificities of Asian American/Asian Diasporic experiences.  We take it as given that there are generational differences (hence the historical moment matters!) and we hope to also delve into Asian family norms and values, our inchoate understanding of ancestor worship, issues of identity, representation, stereotypes about sexuality and sexual identity,  and Asian American depression.    A theme we'll be using to help guide our conversations is The Disquiet - a term we are adapting from writer/poet Fernando Pessoa (The Book of Disquiet) -- which, in our view, signals a complex recognition of self, mind, and body.  The evidence for the foregoing includes scholarly research indexed in aggregate statistics on depression, youth suicide, and other issues in immigrant or first-generation families. While Asian Americans are not alone in experiencing trauma, the racial languages and discourses of othering are different for us than for other groups.     What do we hope is the outcome of this podcast?  Our first aim is to give voice to the range and depth of Buddhism in Asian and Asian American generations.  We hope, in doing so, we help to shine a light on the limited or myopic envisioning of race in primarily white sanghas. Asian and Asian American diasporic truths about practice are a teaching for contemporary dharma organizations and centers. We recognize the depth and range of Asian and Asian Diasporic Buddhists as a wisdom mirror for organized Buddhism in the West. Thank you to the Hemera Foundation for their generous support of Season 3 & 4!  Contact us at:  Info.Access2Zen@gmail.com Further Info at: AccessToZen.org

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